Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 21, 1866, Image 2
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Ann .uncing.Candidat^? ?j,<]t>, in .adv.iuce.
C?ngrt*5hiouul New?.
WASH rx .Trox, March 12.-S>n'afpr Sher
ann, of Ohio, presented lo'the United States
Senate, to-d&y, a petition: from a citizen ol
Columbia, : S.H3.v?skin'T-,T'V,1"1iV f?r l?fS
sustained by:jhavde8"?rue?po..- of- his hou.*.
lie read a letter from Cen. Sherman,'allegii g
that Columbia wa* Dot ?rtd by Federal au
thority, but by order bf'Gen. Wade Ham;.ton.
Gen. Sherman state* that -the town was on
ftr? wh^jl^-'e^texotL - Tho petition was re
ferred to the Committee on Claims. The bill
to admit Colorado was discussed. Senator
Sumner opposed it, J>ecau?e no provision was
made iu t;he Constitution to allow negro auf
frage.
Io tho United States House of Representa
tives a resolution, declaring the inexpediency
of tho .sehemo looking to a guarantee by
thia. ' Government of* ^lexican - ot" Fenian
loan, was not allowed to be introduced.
The Raeiprbcity bill was discussed. : 1
MAJ?CH 13.^'?h? United.'State? Semite re
ftt?ci'.tp pass a lill (ot'' th? admission o?
Colorado..
The Ltju:e, "by a vote of 1?9 against 30.
passed tho Senaio bill declarnVjj all perfcdns,
wbj.te.or black, born in the 'Utrired Siales,"to
bo citizen? ol' the United Stats?, and in pro
tect thtjrn, in their civil right? andto roraisk
the moans for their' vindication'. Nothing in
thia act to be construed so as to ?ffrrt the
laws of any State concerning the rfgKts "?t"
- MAOCH. H?^-The Senate , tooday passed the
Bill-fixing.- the peace establishment of the
army. ~ l?.provides.for retaining apropcrtipn
at?.nUmber o( ne/ro,regiments.
in the Semite, Mr. Davis offered ? rc<soli>
tipa that the Joint Committee on.Recon'itruc
tiaivought to take th*.testimony of'a reason
Able number of persona whose narnia may be
.igggea.Udrbj the Souator? and--Representa
tives irorn the Southern States:; Mr. Grimes
objectcd,-and tbe resolutlen Hos over under
the r ule*:.'..
(??The BjH io.increase and fix the', military
peace teattiblis.hmaut of tho United Stales was
then'diseased. , "
O^The House, to-day, was engaged in the con
sideration: of thc joiut resolution inakinfi.
.aj?ropriation for. tho Paris .exhibition for lS?T.
MARCH 15.-The Senate Concurred in the
House araendmont, and pa?sod tbo Civil
Rights: Bill.;- it await? the signature of .the
-President- to become a law.
The. H?usocwas engaged in the considera
tion of tho Loan Bill.
JfiRcn 16th<-^Th? Supreme-Court h?s be
fore it caaes involving the constitutionality
of Missouri's Wt'oath? .
. In th? Senate, Stewart offared resolution*
declaring in favor of universal sup?age in re
turn for universal amnesty, believiug as negro
suffrage ?eema.the main impediment to South?
ern. restoration its adoption would insu.-o the
admisaio.aof Southern Representatives.
. Th? House wai engaged in the considera
tion of tho loan bill, which gives the S?crc
. ?ary of the Treasury new powers in the man
iement of. tb) national finance.
-itARCH-;17t?.-rrTho House, last night, de
??9atid:the. Loan ;Bill, by a vote of sixty-four
?ossveauy. This isa condemnation of the
financial bolicy of the Secretary of the Treas
ury." Th* bill -would give -.him very large
powers,.and it. is supposed that it will be ro
Tived and .passed. The.t dekat occasioned
much extitemeut.
From the Correspondence) of thu Courier.
Washington Rumors.
An-eztraordinary-rumor aro.?e herein po
litical ?rdus. OB the 6th, that the. Prc?ident
had caused notices to be sent in his name to
all Senators, elect from every one of tho eleven
excluded Southern States, to apscrublc in
"Washington without delay.
* T thi<k .the . report ia true. It came to me
' from:no'idle source. It accords with..other
well- known, fact?. Some of the S?nator?
?lect, now herc, have been induced to remain
at the President's earnest, request... Other*,
it wasknown.sovoral days ago, had.boen re
quested Ly the President to come on here.
'The Radicals are coquetting with .General
^Grant?'and-the. General, keeps company.with.
. - tfaern &> great deal* It is. no secret that the
. faction wishes to.p?ico the soldier bofo're'the
people, at .once a? its" candidate for the next
. -'Preaidtncy. ; .The name of .eo popular a utan
i'. is supposed w?i.gite. strength .and back
bone to ' the Rao?cftX .eause. It xi beyond
?ic?oaost?on that Graut ia.ambitious to^ie Prc?i
?'dsnt, and iris equally true.that he is lendinj;
. *?? ?i?ir O) the whispers of the fawniug Rr.dicul
-??rpbli?eia?s arou-nd him; but it is truer still
that-if hf put3 his fortunes in their hands he
?"riKttJift-WCrae : beaten. than tb? .favorite herd
of-the day, oW Scott, was .in.1852.
^Pa>t9 lUBSSSitviH? J*''*" ts.--T . .
P?KSipEXT JotlXSOX. I.VDOUSKD BY IXN?OV
"*;''Si?l>Jtia'8.?^On:Jh^ at. ia. large
i?ooti?g of. Union aoldiers, held at Oakland,
. "?Jleghany.^County, Mary land,, the following
? resolutions were unanimously adopted :l
Essolved, That by-no word pr act has An
drew-Johnson fbrfciled J1?3 .claim" upon thc
confidence of the Upiou-loying .people of th,e.
land. Ilia firmnoss.in opposing.' tho. heresy
. of .secession will, we"hope,mbe equalled by hi?
??rmaess in-opposing the inshile measures ad
vocated by such sectional.ist8 as S?mu?r and
Stevens, which can have no other tendency
than to alienate the people of th?..country
- end revive those, sectional animosities whic?
- brought on,-the war. ..
Reiolved, ,Tha.t his opposition to negro
- -iatfraga.n>?eta .with our entire! approbation,
and we pledge ourselves' to support-no man
fer any.positionr ?ither-higb or low, who has
. -r- favored, doas fayor, br whom.we believe will
ever favor negro, suffrage in the District of
, .Columbia or. any oth,er portion of th'e'Uiiited
? -States.. . .'. , ." .
- ? Ilesolved, That werc-spect and honor Pres
identJ'ohnson for thc'gratitudehe has.30 often
expressed for thc ' service rendersd by ?he
white-9cldier!j* .believing"as_ we do (and as
c-.itain Serator.'i do not) that all the honor,
:'?ll tb? ?r??it; all tho -substantial -tokens of
gr&titudo fihouk. not be given to the negro
- soldiers to the exclusion ol', tho white soldiers.
_-y ?" -7 - 1
SsnucfioK A?T? Kibuxo o? TUE SKP?CKI?.
! -Tlie* Cbfcai'o "Republican'' contains ibo
following dispatchi dated Indianapolis, Indv
ifarch ? : "
A horrible "tragedy occurred, it* Bedford
last, night. It seojis that Prof* J. ii ad ison
Evans, in ree?rd to whom there was some
scandal a short time h$o, .had" seducod a
daughter of D. Berjainifl Newland.. The
'Doctor's'daughter had-been*off ata boatding
aehopl, wben her- cortditiob; becamff so appu
ient that ?l?e wai Witt n'oto?, whore she con
f?asdd all to'her "f?ther: The Doctor took
\IuXpis??l and "one1 of his1 dts^octing knivo?
. and w'?nO.? Evafl's house. The latter waa j
' not?t PopKr 5?"w*lf?d w?nt-tt? hunt him,
.and fpnnd. ?ilte'in^tlre street, where h? ?hot
-fea.dowOj Hid" cttfliitd to pieces with tbe
*" ^Jtoife.. "XraWw??'?tt?ro?rifeirof ?ho'Christian
church, and a man who at ene timo ?ccupied
- ii high poa. t?ou, ar.d is well known-as the. au,
8? fchorjjfa;.w dfk eii:-iilo?-'' ?ho 'Pipnccp. Preach
?wonM?an8-'' ^^Jtte^i^?a?. ??JOB ,pcctApiediiia:
chair io ti* Nojtf iwjjsterjf Cbris?m ?7r?iy,
RELEASE OF HON. S. R. MALLORY.-The
following, from the New York News ?f &St
urday,jwll convey very gratifyin
tionV 1
tap?
recei
of the^
at Fortf' Iiufa.yet1,e: ;?fre a'r||r
becaa.i? a fe?oTs^B?Vyin&:.~h?s been.ft?'liv
erecTirom a crueFartd unn^?ss?)'' imprison-'
.mcnt, but because in this act of clemency we
"find au additional promise of statesmanship
und correct sentiment in the Chief Maigff
tiate,_upon.whi-se.ac(ion and policy so much
depends.
Mr. Mallory was the last of the prisoners
of State confined at Fort Lafayette. His re
[. lease -rcuiowa from .that furtrcss_tho charac
I terjatie ofBastjle and tHe flag that floate
above, its wills' 'ls "no ' longer" Mfhaied^by the
prostit ution*of 1 he1 naliouah?truciurtf-beneath
to the at?i dr #. dutiyeon. . Let us accept:this;
us an omen of the speedy restoration of rapub
li canis m,: tbe downfall of military..dtctntor
.ibip^itnd the supremacy of-fche laws. ...
THE ADVERTISER.
. JAHK T. SACON/HIITOB.'
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copy: gratis.
Spring Unfolds Itself at.Kidgeiva.jr.'
See the ailrei tisemsnt of Messrs.: \VATKKX A
Lov?LApe. Tliey have just rotirrned irptn Chax
los'tau with no?r Spring and Summer Goods. Tho
Ridgeway Merchants havo ruado flicmselvoi an
enviable namb, not only Tor tasto, but for con
scientiousness and uioilfivttion.
Brynn'.-., Brynn's, Bryan's.
Charleston ha* fhowereda thousand vertslbfau
tiea upon, tho she! va? and oouiitttri of .Vir. Bit YAN.
These..beauties ballia description.. Words full
(To;'and acquire pors nial experience. See Yu
card.- . fi ..' ? .':
A.c k n .QWJ e d g e m e u t.
We ?re much indebtad to ?Ir. B.C. BHTAX,
Capt. Fp.ti). S.VTTH, JAMES RAINSPOKU, E?q., and
a.kinu and thoughtful lady'friend, fer vslinrble
late papers.
.? - Clmnge in 'Fhe Garrisori!.
j Capt'. WUITE, of the ?5tS O'jio Volunters, with
his'company, numbering .?ame forty or fifty men,
togothor with a detachment of the 5th U. S. Cav
alry, has. arrived ia Edgoflold, and taken com
mand of the pout. Lieut. EioapasTAFi' is sta
tioned at prosant. as fe; some time past, in Ham
burg. The small dotaohmopt of Lisut. D'* com
pany, under oociraani of Sor?t. FULTON, whfch,
during the last two or throo months, has formed
the Federal garrir-on in EdgoS??d, Lato al.*o lett
this place for Hamburg.
/Orders from-thc .Freedman's Bureau.
' .Wo call spocial extention to tho orc'.ors, to be
found in another ?oluw?, of Lt. Col. Devereux.
A. As?t. 'Commissioner of Frecdmens bureau for
Edge.field District Lt.. Col. Dcvercux's Hoad
[ iquarterB aro at Hamburg.
I :Faet Becoming Yahoos and. Havagcs.
: No:' wo take back the. Savage, but wo sliokto
the Yaboo. Wo maau all of us-Edgeiield. peo
.ple. Becoming Yahoo:i for want o? Mail Facili
ties. Is it part of the Radical programme tbfit
the South is to bo thus painfully afflicted ? Can't
tho Executive. Department of the G^vern^ent
restore the postal machinery of tho .South, uran
though tho. Congrp?5 of tho Northern, Eastern
'and Western States way nat L? pleased to allow
'us representation? But we ourselves ire not al
together without blami) in the matter. We un
derstand that the Department'ls offering $>1000
.for tho eonyoyance of the mail, to and fro, be
:i<voan this point and Augusta; and that 'ft doo?
j aot stipulate hom it shall be oonveyotl. A man
may carry it on his-b.ack if he likos. Now, why
a man, with a good l-orso nui buggy, cannot
make money out of thif, is more than vc can seo.
Ho would almost invariably find a passenger to.
nil his sparc scat, and i.hc money realized in this
way would go far towards paying his exponner.
Death of Mr. Buckinaster.
We rogrot to annnunco (faysthe Auga'sta'jDniVy
Previ, of tho l?tb.) tho dynth of Mr. E. J. Biick
maiitor, which ?vent occurrod yestorda}'. Air.
Buckmuster was uo old morchaut ef this city, and
a respected eit.jtn. His loss will bu deo-ply re
gretted by a lurga circle of relativos and friend*..
Photographs, Am bro typ cs, Xe lui u o
types.
Mes;rs. McNctii, i MOURNB, whs oro no siran
gers lo a grcit many of us, have ?rrivod in Edgo
field, and offer their cervices to the public as tu
Jteraof Phqtogriiphs, Ambrotypes, and ?ll that
class of picturei). MOS?T?. MCNKILI. A ?tfoftr.il"
are old soldiers,.who, like all other stripped ai.d
-starvicg. " reholS;." haye hung up their arm?, and
gnneto gcr?tvhiiig f->r a docent and boa cst living '
Wc know them weflyund o&n recommend.theui nt
houeit, obliging and truitwottby gentlemen:' Ir.
their present business; th?y are un'joubtodly skill
ful. " In all tho improvementii which have bcon
made ia their linc of art siuoe tho bc gi nt. ir. g of
the war, they aro entirely OM conrunt. Thoir pic
tures are really, very beautiful; and their prices
most ?atisfaetorily reasonable. Thoy copy pic
'tu'rorc-f-deceased parsons, or-old pictures gener
ailyjin tho most admirable manner. They hav:
a great variety of e'logan't eOrf.i de Heit? for
Photograph* ; and various ki'nds""?f iiaw ?nd
handsome cases for Ambrolypos and Melaino
types..
They-.willrc.eeivo.thoir friends and patrons in
thc Odd Fellows,' - A lla?onic Hall." Their further
sta'y.ia Edgeficld will probably act extend over a
week dr ten :days.'
The Spartnubarg JSxpre.tts. ?
This well known paper, established, wc. believe,
som o ten Or twelve years ag5, has'be'mv revived,
and i's now publi?hod every Wediicaday at Spir
tanbur^. it is edited by WARKUX DVYRF.; A. M;,
atsistod by. a geu'dcmun, fuunu:-and deservedly
so-throughout the- Unitod Statei-Wiinfi-oonti
-SJIITU D. D.-. These names e?ord thc.ample: t
gouran tee that a tone, of ri;'or,truih and scholarr
ship 'wiirp'orvade it? columns. Wo congratulate
ourself ai we enroll it amtf?g our excbiiugci.
Sparta-nburg I'enmlu College. . .
We a? extremely happy to sec that this Insti
tution, which bas byen for so many year?, a mon
ument of usefulness and an honor to.?e State at
large, i? to be kept nplff fuH vigor andpopularity'.
By refcrring^to our advort?singcofumni', it will be
seen that its.Trustoos'have lately sooUred the
services.of the most ominont teachoi- In North
?Carolina. ^Wo bopo-and prodict-for t??lnstl-.
tution, under thesa now auspices, a Ino-t brilliant
and" ftric?ossfnl'career.
The Quitmon Banner. .
D? any in 'theso*regions -wish. to .get rclikblo''
weeklyIntelligehca froin South^Veatcrn .Georgia '!'
If so, the Quit man Bbu H t'r lt tho f.ape* they muft
subscribe.to. Quitman is a ilourithin'g little town
on thc Railroad rnnniii'g'Westward from Savan
nah;, and tho Quitman /{'inner is a flourishing
.paper, giving, in most relined and agreeable m .in
ner, tho local new.fi of all tho Gulf-coast country.
1 Edited by-Fi R. Fji4)e3, Esqf--$.'1.00 per aimum.
Wo Bopo'for?e? it a-nd'r?a"d it every w*ck, i.
. ?" ? ^>--,
. gSft A n*gro:in Lyuohhurg. 3bser.tpd-.his. wj/O.
^.jrYew-aa^ -3? ycojca,"
b c eau se sfro 'VrnThe'l jObis-^h i<OU^h''p?favryF is. ^5? jj ?
^*?>rrVst?a" aritf^m?ell?d tolt?ke'>ctrre ?otJflft fe
?wa? i
Desecration of our Village Cemetery,
vir. hat beon brought to our not ?co that tho^
sreuibs, evorgrocns au il flowcn, which ornament
thp-graves. iri'Vour village, i;ouictcty,. aw^buing "-s
?fctbles'sly^^ and wuhayAe-.n '.
riqutfteii 'to c?U;'thcNiite:i'ti<jii li thc Town" Coun
cil;, and of thr^itirA-u?'gou?ritlJy, to thisjamanta
ble fact. AYVg'ay ruthTc*BTj(|r$nt uion\-re'?tiction
we aro bf VhVlop?nioo that^'iugVtkssly*; Would
j&? a bettcr^wor'j ; for j^gj??ot beti^C/?hat anj?jj;>
one lu our Chrisliauv?aud would willingly and'
persistently de>-ecrtf?$eveu in tho slightest man
ner, the ?ducos where the dead Ho shoping. Wo
will say nothiug more on this subject at prcsi-Dt,
boping and b'sHevfng that not more than a finale
word of reason and remonstrance.is needed to
puta complote stop to thc UDbeconiing.proceed
Tng of-Tvhicfr-wc-speak*- Parents ?lould glvo
young-and tbouuhtle?? cluidxin a very serious
charge ta venorato and. respect, to tbc^ uttermost
the villsg'o cemetery. .Andall.;roding^and thou?bt-'
less froed; people -should bu.warned that watchful'
eyes aTeupon. them.. . -
-.. ?.? On .The Ijtanijmge.'.'
Thc Merchants of our town are.reluming every
;dKy fr?m Charleston .and. >Nuw Yor?? and jagg
rsooh their store's Ivill'be Hooded; with beautiful
things of the poVch-hln?orn-and tbinjniuRHn;Sort.
Tho merchants are on (lib rampage just-'how.
Next week wil' come tho tura of thc- ladies. How
fearful and delightful will he their Vpriilg-grtods
rampageJ And th?u ihiiign" are to bc ra hinch
cheaply:. Th? tnecchariti. har'? told as sb out of
thoir own mouths ; they have actually eo?ft*???
the fact. But with the decided fall of .thc prorai
um ou gold, and'the simultaneous, dedin* ?n .'.Lo.
prices of nearly ull' kinds oT-goOd?,* bow could
tbej- db.lcij ? The halcyon days of sevenpence'
ealiw, [aiid twenty cents muslin, and-sugar at
ei?h?.p<mr.ds to the dollar,, arc fa'st'eoming bail:
te us... AVo.foel an delighted tit tho idea,' that, if
wo could, wo'd fly liko.a bird to'tho uttermost
parts of the earth, alighting for a while? on'every
tree by tho wsy, ts tall the joyous tale. . ,
Three Willing. Victims and Six.IIundrcd
. -.Eager Candidates.
Victims and Candidatos for thohymonial sacri
fice ! In the la?t Laurtmsi-Ulf HeraVi -o-ppoarsa
dolorous].communication from "throo despondent
young mcK," who are raving,''frantic, fosruing'at
tho mouth, to get married, but arc too timid and
shrinking to ".pop the question" (vile phrase!)
Tho marrow .roc?es in their very bones at the
idea'of being " kicked" (anothor-yjle phrase I), and
they call upon the editors iu piteous tones to Lclp
them. Don't you doit, ' .uds McGowan :ind
BALL. Don't you help them at all. Better not
meddle willi sharp'odgud tools. If any Candidate
from Bdgyficld wlsjios to undertake those " three
-despondent*,,? or either, ono of them, clio nust
addro'S "X, LaureiisvilIo,S. C."
While this is the-ead case in La uren.?, thc Che
tKi^AttiirtU'er says that there aro, in that Dis
trict, (Chesterfield) ?fie, nu nd red moreyoiiugladios
th,?n gftntlemej. As regard? this latter ':.i?e, wo
unke co cointronts. Indeed, tho fact is too mel
ancholy for. words. Wonder what revelation, in
this rojpuct, a cousus-of .Fdgefleld Bistriot would
niako! t
The American Cotton Planter.
Evory farme-and planter is, of course, deeply
de?iroui of raalcin? .-fil that he possibly c?.n from
the Soil ; and to this end, it is natural that nvery
farmer sud plunter should feck all intelligent aid
and advico towards thc furtherance of hi? agri
cultural inierei t. And this Is ns it shotf'.d be ;
for if anything can obstruct tho gradual onward
march of our country in its new carder, it will
ba the neglect and decliuo ot our agricultural
industry aud entorpiioT, From no sourco more
luarnqd and reliable eau thu intelligent aid and
advice bc derived, than from tho American Calton
Pl'ivUr, For years before tho war, this-was jnc
'of tho most famous sericultural journals in
America. Very lately, it has boen rovivod. It
il now published, Semi-Monthfy, at Montgomery,
Ala., by Ni B CLOIT, M. D.-thc "sama skillful
?nd ?cioti'i?c j.?t.?! im?? ?Ira umratt inc rtmva ll'
in its famous anle-lelluut days. Terms, $3.0.0 per
annum, in adv ince. Tho ngriculiural people of
the Cotton States should undoubtedly sustain such
a journal. Wc hope tbrco?.iiuilHr-laden Jotters
will pour in upon ' Dr. CLOUD until ho' :hall be
weak in the back with opening thom.
The Greenville Papers.
Thc Mountaineer bas "put on a whiter fice
and enlarged its phylacteries ;" that is, it i's print
ed on foi'rer paper than formerly. Its i ni pro vc"
mentr is porccptiblo at n glance. . .
The EntrrprUe is going to do likewise in a
vcr j fhort time ; not only^oiog to grow fairer,
but largor.
Wo hope they will b?th gain many new and
raluablo friends.
Mri. .Teh*. .Davi;, accompanied by Mr.
Burton N. Ilurrisoa, who was private secretary
to. MK Davis, bas arrived at Kew Orleans, from
her homo in Georgia, vin Mississippi, and has
takon rooms at the St. James Hotel. It is un
doratooJ that thc is onlior way to visit her chil
dren.
XZzT Thc Judge Advocate General, Mr. Josrph
Holt, ha? decided'that no authority for the trial
of a civilian Ly court-martial' can be 'found iu
any.of tbo.articlss of war, tv.?o articles being
euactcd sololy for. the government of thc armies
of the United States,, und being applicable only
to.persons hi tho military-fornico. He considors
it strictly legal, however, to try by niililaTy couria
civilians formerly in tho service for o?rme? com
mitted whilst iu the service. By this decision,
tho suproinxoy of [ho- civil, courts, in all-eases,
where citizens aro conoerued, is acknowledged,
und it would feem that tho days of military trials
uf civilians have passed by. So say.-the Phila
delphia Ledijer.
&8r The house of General H. C. Storey, ten
milos below New Orleans, wasontcrodon Februa
ry 2.'!,' by a gang of uogro robbers, who rubbed
it, beat and maltreated the inmato>,' uhooting one
Indy. Several of the-black rascals havo been ap
prehended. ?
?Sf Tho Jacksonville fm*$ says that It haV
rcceived information that a boat i J soon to bo put
on tho royto bctweon that place and Savannah
and Charleston, to bo.owned and controlled by
colored mon, .and mn for tho aooomuiodation of
the colored population.
$?f- The Captain General of Cubit, in an offi
cial communication, donounces as untrue the
statement made by Senator Sum"cr th'at freed
per#ons from the Squtb,have boen taken to Cubtf
and sold into slavery., . ,
tSS^" The IndianA Democratic- State Conven
tion ha* adl>pted'?'esblntions slrbngly' cndoriiing
thc Administration policy, denying tho rght of
tocoasion, and pledging'thc support of tho D'jiuo
cra?y of thc State tofth? President.
?Si^ Tho rccoipl? from customs at tho^poitof
Charleston, S. C., last mon th amounted to ?3,.
?61,6n: * - . ' : , .
jE?r* Gov. Jenkins, of Goorgiu, vetoed tho i tay
law, on tho ground of u.iuou.-tilutionaliiy. Tko
Scnato aftorwnrds passed it over tho veto ly a
vote of twenty-soven.to seven. ...
??r1*-Ihn Archbishop bf'Ballimore,- in aroccnt
sermon, avowed hiii p'nrpo'so'to witbhold-" absolu
tion mid the sacrament" from'aft who indulge jp]
tho indblicutu modern dauco uallod "tho uer?
man.'^ . '
ES)1* A coutemporary, announcing tho mar
riage of an'editor,' Says"1 ho was alwaj-s of the
opinion that editors bad just'ts good a right to
vtan c tome mau'* dauyliltr as tiny one elsi)'.
J??~ Throe young? ladies wt re lately frozen to
doath near Chain Lake, Minnesota. Thoy at-j
tempted tn return home from i Fingiug school in
a suow rtorm ffith an ox team,, and although tbe
d?sunco was.only OL e.ar, J u.half miles, they wor'o'
out two nights and ono. day. .Four young men
; WUh-thora wero badly, frozen. .. . . . .
] '?' walter:girl rtt a hotel ih ?yraenso, N.
X," broke a plute'';ovcij.^hv tfiiad bt^i?S? ot tho
bp.ar d er?, tip Sup jay .l?it, for i ffwli^tfglior'' Whll?:| ,
|j(HMs^ijH^^^i^^^; ',.' ?; : ';. U
?jfla Now Y u??; on: * ty r ? ib> ' ?ol? ivas li
quoted ?4 2?4. C jfl
. . ; -?. -
The Fenians^.on t^ie War-Path !
.inst Saturday was.Stv PaJiieVa Day-sacred
jjtho pntrnn ^iiint'??TM?ind. ?tj. that day, rc
$d,flie thlegratus^^^c^Ho' 1$l"prth? tho Fouians p,
rorc te march ucrojf,'.}ho'Irordur turo take po>??.s. ^
iotf^f/Qaocn Viettrria'K little provincia cf Cana- tj
la,'"Csfo^ji Scotia aja^ScW; BruDSwirk. In tho/e ^
airNs'r'a?^ to ostaUisb the Re
fublio?.*/ Ir,ehv>i?*>?ni?"foundabasa of operations j(
ig|t?^<linsfiS^/Wha?b??^^t they accom- 0
jli^cd all lliis^OjQ Soturu*ay romains to he p
cen. Thc Foiiiaos aro undoubtedly going to t.t
cuipt something g?ia^^hetis?'hdd ol' them aro
aoiicd to hu "hurt" bufure their row is. ov.s , and
joliio f?TTOf their loaders will pr?Uah^y-<i0'4e-0.ut'
if ^'enormously rich.- ... - b
Dy far the largest gothering of the Fenian ? t
Brotherhood which has mot in America sinci th? j
inception of the ihovomont, was'convened ou fc im
lay, March -Itlr, ut' Jones's Wood, an immense ,
park on the Northern ouCt?rt? of New Yolk City, j
Notwithstanding that Archbishop M'Cluskey, t
Roman Catholic Prslate of Now- York, had for-, j.
bidden any_':iuenib.!:r of his llotk to sUlc.nd this, p
grand meeting, upon pain of -.uxooininunicatipui j
yet thc T?onlan ?aflloiio Ch-ureUe's.tdiroughout-tLe.
city wiro well uigTi acseftedi w?* over one lnin-\|
dred tjjo??i?d gent'lemch of Coltish-"origin, Wh*"s&"
feet we re .'ut ono, .tiny! on their nat ire bog, tva
d?xv?ujtdvit.TouHt.'i Wu^d..,l]n?gi"e one Iiundjre"l i
thousand Irishmen, devotedly' atltehud.lo. pot?- s
toes, nod with an abiding.-.faull; in .gnoiUwhi.'l??y,
swearing . hy Su Patrick,. Hstoning to Col. O'M.v.j
honey and his Aids, and hulling.'out.thei.r filthy,
lucre forbonds of the ] t ish Republic ! 'JIow.li.vo
ly roust h'a\\beeU the sconei';The spoech'cs con
sisted "of harrowing pittur's ^of^rhV wrongs' of
Ireland nnd urgent 'appeal?; for moro money to' j
carry out thc-Feuian designs. And.iaoncy pourcil t
inland is still ..pouring in, by hundreds of thou- t
sands;. ^ -. . '. '. . -...... ' . , j
Another mas-; mooting was to have leen held on- j
the 9th nt Coopor Institute id Now York City-; du t
fact, muatings aro Being1 hold", day and night,'
throughout the North and 'Norlh-We?t. Tho
leanor of.tho m??iary eipodition, against C?n'icra'j
is Gen!. Sweeny, an' Irish patriot, who did bril
liant strvie'e iu tho U. .S.'jirniy, during thc late
wsr. Newspaper correspondents from New YW:
aver that if not.iutcrferedwitiiby-lb*: U.S. Govern
ment, Qenl^Swccny wijl have taken possession
of winterer-points m C-anatUvlic: wishes, hy tko
hiiddlo of April. In tho meantime, Sicrttary.-'
Ssward ha?, wo bolicre, asjurcd'tbe Dritislr -(?ov- j
crtraent that tho noutrality laws shall not be ?
vhialn'ttd by American Fenians. '..-.'' (
While all .this is.go'mg ou in America, tho Erit
i?h-GoTornracnt is fully-alive to ita peril, and is.
clearing tho decks for a fight. Unhappy Ireland
bas beou placed-under martial law, and its in
habitants dbpriveddf the right of-Habta* Corpus.
Arrests of Fenian? aro being" made unceasingly,
and the trial of Fenian conspirators Jjas become
a permanent institution of_ thc laud.
The day. may bo st hand whon the chains that | j
bind Ireland in tho slavishyoke of. foreign des
potisin may bc broken. Wo say foroign despo
tism for. So it is, and hag.', been for hundreds ol
yosr.'. Wc doubt the success of tho Fenian?
most profoundly ; but, although we may havo spo
ken Of them in a te?e of raillery, wo do not'f'jr a
moment doubt their patriotism and sincerity. 'Tho
sprint; which is uow opening upon us will doubl
iez dotcrmine the fact .whether Fcufanism is "to
be or not to be."
- *- .
"It?ngs on her Fingers, und Hells on
her Toes,
"Sho will bare musio wherever she.goos." .-.'Tis
not of musi? howover, that weare going to speak ;
'tis of the/^jito??. And when wo think'of* and
road of, and soo, tho " brass 'fixing'"' that now
overload beaury from her head to har hoeis/we
cannot help saying to'o'ursf?f : The time will roon
be hero when rings will .bo'worn.in the nose, and
ball? on tho toos. .Not that wo. think tho. "vbr?j.?'|
fixings" ugly; on. tho; contrary, . wo. think them
boauliful. Nor do we decry-thc fashions; to
tinker at so unimportant a loak- in the world,
i ? -fi -, ^T^-^cT -7iiin UIVI? uimger
ous ones, would bo sbeor nonsenso. "Whet tho
nose-rings and thc tco-bells come, we hare no
doubt their effect will be channing.
But le' the fnibions. Tinsel/ of'gold or sllvor,
is worn in prot'urion upon almost every' kind of
garment. Tinsel ornaments of all shapes, sizes
and descriptions ! Upon the hats and bonnets
upon the heads, upon th? necks and arms, upon
tho bodies and skirts, upon the cloaks, scarf?
and mantles, upon the'ribband-and trimmings.
Whether it ia warf, upon tho colter ic (? naughty
word in plain English) and the eTiaiiiftrit (another)
we cannot say ; but .wo' suppose,.lt is. The fash
ionable bonnet for tho coming season cajloil
" tho Giprey;" it id said' to bo very small and
shaped liko a saaicor bent down alittle os the '<
sides. The little hats and caps, nov/ so much in
vo?uo, are to maintain full sway: 'The inoit ele
gant and fashionable 'spring and summer dresses
are not to bo comp-jscd tkr??ghout of tho samo
material. Thc first, and longest, skirt, and thc
high body aud long sleeves aro to bc of a scdid
colored material ; while on oyor?kirt and a pna'.?
ant (or. very low) body aro to bo of strip*d or
figured material to match. Tho. hair, is worn iu 1
streaming curls a la wai?/ull at the back of the h
ho&d, and in (hort ELili' carl.- across thc.forehead ;'
in fly-uWay frizzes ;' in b?ndeattx, in plaits, in t
waterfalls. Nothing in Ho way o? om?ment for j;
the hair will bc cdtisidercl-7oo wincA : if is impos
sible to put on too mud. ' Narrow fibbons nrc
worri around tho throat, fie onds floating "down
tho bick, or over the'ihoddur, to tho r'sry'earth :
that part which paves araind tho thrnn't ic orrin
mt-nted with gi't'^pingles buttons er. pendant.?.
And now wc subjoin a pnmgraph. frum a letter nf *
Sumter, Now. York correspondent, of tho Cou ric r? ?j
dated February 2."tb. : |Vhon hu spunk?- of skirt* d
being " shorter than eyer;" ho means shorter J? "
front; it is a great desideratum to- have them
immensely long behind;artd immensely- short in.
front. Ar.d when'ha speaks'of the "bare necks
and arms/' he m??nsthit'.hes'o arc tobo faihiona
ble"('iorriblc!) in th? d:iy thud: v '. Ti
Spring i's almost upo't m, Vitana yet thc la,dios S
liare b?t few hints frmy tie millinerrai-.d mnu- j.
tu a ra a keri'as-to the sprinpj'a?b inns. ' Tho coming
ehanges-that arc herajdsd-aro these :. Skirts . are
lo bo "shorter than ever, si tis to exhibit tho now'
boot which.is getting ?o'bc the rage in Parie,
whilo bni'tf ?ueks and nrns will bc fashionable
again. Of late years tieindrcsred style of drcs-'
sing bas.not.been pcrm.ttel in- society. But this ?
yoar will bring-back,tbs .'?.shiou? of 1812 lu all
their pristine ?canlinow. The new walking boot ?
for-lidies is a novel-disitu. Tho lower .part is W
made to .?in i tn. to a.slippir.and ibu appcr part a
pink or white s?fk St?clin?, sOithnftho diiat crea
tures while oh prom??alo will have tho appear- *?
ane? d.f. wtflkhig in tirer sHppors. On btgb im- lc
porial authority.it i* amouneed that green is to a
be tho 'fashionable coloifurthe ?pring..
And'now, although TO do apt wirb ta appear ar'
a skeleton at thc fcasi which wo-havo spread )c
aboyo, for our fair fricne", wo cannot help quoting J|
a vorso-from the Old 'It tam cst Vf hieb \c?'.l come Cl
into our head. .''Mi.rt'vor, tho-Lord saith, bc- U
cause the daughters oiZion arc haughty, and b1
w:>lk with stictfclicd foib nciJcs and wanton oyes, -
walkin? and mincing s they go,'thereforo thc .
Lord will smite with . scab tho crown of tho
head of tho daughters f Zion. In that day tba 'j
Lord will take awuy th bravery of .their tinkling ' Q
.ruainonts, tbo chK?ns,tnd thc bracelets, and tho U
muflier?','the bonnetsrnd the head-bauds, and ?,
thoi ear-rings',' tho chstgeablo suits'- pf apparel, at
and the" mantles, ?nd'tb'?risping pins, tho gl&s- A\
se?,ind thc litio linen/and' the v?ij.i. Acd*b'o'r di
gate? nhail lament, ani'mourn, abd' ibo, being' ?
desolate, shall sit upon?io groiind."
-;--~- tiftr- t ---7
"(rj?SP Tuc Empress oj Austria has* recently in- jj&
trociuced a new fashion, It U to havo a, diamond,
representing a dewdrop fixed to a real flower.. A ? '
hhort time since, Her &jesty had in her, hand a ?
Douquot of white caincjas, and on --oafh, -in tho
;eitrP, whs a largo'diabnd. ?. ali
fig- Tho Ropubli?at ha\'o carribtl Thc Now Te:
Llampshiro,State clcelicby about 5,000 njnjority, ?Ol
md haye intreasod.theimajority in the Legk-la- ,a'
4ire. Thero.was a Jar jr popular voto thadi last. ^
rtltr- . " . " : ?e
pif*-ThO U. S. Sonath as eon firmed tire nomi- ?'fis
l?iion of Al Waft d'. Mftiey aa'Calbictoir:. of Cus-' ' &?
BBB N .... msmmmmm
For thc Advertiser.
jpiTOR : IfelS^you tho subitanee^?f the
im??^of thc Ilooj^oius A. DAWKINS hjikr^
i-?ip'g- seuUnce T^on'Lorke L. Foulkner and.]
'm. J. [Roberts, c?r?rinol. of-JEIoriQ stoaling afc
t?8tT*t;m"bJjt!,e C'ejfoj b?l$yro?:*hst ih^r*ipf
e of/igj- ner?ft-.i u tyrcg fc? .>.. -':>:f ;
3jh?? stfi> tw?/?iWBs tried at-;lb'?;yr?sVttj;jeri?:
f ?S.'O) preseniles the kUtt.of punishment, and/
ires no di?cr?t;on to thc conrtvxcept thu amount.'
. part of the punishment is whipping, aud thtre
r a minirnnm-to>.that ; Xhe infifclipn ut which hat
eec preveo-ted. in-Charleston bj the military au
BorityTpfifnB United States. In our present cor.?
ilion, if thc order is fu.<!aincd l>y thc Gavera
ient at Washington, tho military will bc superior,
o thu civil guvornmcnt I recogniz . nio.t cor
elly tho Constitution of the United Slat?*, aud
hu laws passed in pursuance thereof, as thesu-.
iranio law ol' thc land, and shall u.io ul! of my
lersonal and o?ieial influenoo and power to en
orco obodioncc thereto. .
I consider it doirablo.thr.l ev.a anappcjiraoi e.
>f du-s.?rcomor.t between tho Statu and Federal
-uth?ri'ies should boay?idod ..?vco-op.?rati<-n and
du'c?rtvof a'clion wo chi bo-prothietire'of groat
ipncitv? rc?lo'r?ng "Wnfiduntial relation?!. A re
ult much To Le desired by evo'r'y lover of law rri'd
?rdcr._ " ' " . , '
The law .is I have raid leavos mo no discretion.
[he t-riuie W?S committed previous to tho pa?Bago_
>'f the Atrttof tho last logjslaturo. making it.a f?lri
my without-tho Ucn'e?t-.;of clergy, and if I; pass
.?u toffee ?? all. p?rt?f itmiist-cdulsistin whipping."
if sent?net! is'ffat pas-icd, tho prisoners-will have
0 romuiu in jail nnlndcUnitii period of timo. I
herefure consider it helter that tho sentence lo
irpnounced, and I will shape it in such way, by
loslponing thal pjrt of ittoa'day^ujRcienfly dis
sn*, as'toonablo tho Governor to have tho mattor
lepided as to how tax th? sontenoos.bhall ba oxa
:utcd, ot to remit tho puuishmenr., as ho alone
lovsorscs" the power of pardon. '
? T thereforosen'tence you to ?is months imprison'
ueut, each ; ct the expiration of four months to.
?eccive* thirty lashes, and at the end of six moftthi,
birly more-." ' , . JUSTICE."
To The Public.
Having hoard that my. Nephew and Ward,
[lieii.'.lUi COLEMAN-, ii minor, iu alleged ta have
.-.hon p;rt in'rhbbing tho Driverrof Mr. HA-UUOX
}. Mo3KlT, of his m?les.'some tim? about th? 3d
>r 4th of this month, I Joel it my duty to make
his public announcement that the charge itwith
luLfoitnJation. At that time, my Nephew was in
\nderson .District, having been sent th.re by mj
lelf to enquiroas to tho suitablenass of the female
leboerat Williamston, with tho view, of sending
iii sister (who ir alto my ward) to that ??hool.'
is soon as l hare timo to go for thom, I shall
n-ocuro and-publish statomonts of reliable citi
on, of Anderson District substantiating the above.
WILSON ABNEY. :
; Edg?lield District, 14th March lSf.C.
Report of the Grand Jury.
.Thc Grand Jury at our recent Spring Sossion
if the Court of Common Pleas mada the following
ropdrt:'- ... f .' . " *
To ilit Ilounr the "Prttidittg JuJf/e-:
Thc Grand Jury bog luavo respectfully to submit
he following presentments :
From actual observation we know that thc road?
ind bridges throughout the District aro generally
n bad ordor, which we supposo arises from th?
listurbod condition of tho .eo.untry sjneo tho be
laning of the war, aud the entiro disorganisation
>f thu.labor of the District since the emancipa
ion of ibo Slaves. Dut as the-wholo community
s interested in thc matter wo suggest that the
?bmrai.-'sion?f? bc noiiliod to repair thc roads aud
iridgcs in the District at the earliest praoticablu
>eriod In' whiih it" can be done without injury to
.he farming interest of the country.'
,\ "CninmJttj.o (,r nur boj!v hayo_ visited th'? Poor
[louse of the District, and find it .generally kept
n good order. One of thc buildings needs some
.opairs, which should bc made.
We Imo cxaminod the public buildings, and
lid'thorn in good-order.
Rocpcotfully submitted,
FELIX LAKE, FOREMAN.
?tSS"- The firoruou's dcmoustralion in Now Or
eans, on.tho .?th inst., was the greatest ever soon
a.that city. Thc day passed off. pleasantly, with
ho exception cf tho temporary arrest by the
nilitary of the band No. 13, for playing the
' Bonnie Dido Flag," and other Soulhorn airs.
?SS" In 1860 tKero .were fourteen thousand nc
rrocx iu I ber villa, La. To-day there ls not doe
ourth of that number.
?i?r Gan. Die!: Taylor has leased from th?
?tato tho New Canal,- connecting thu upper part
f New Orleans with Lnko Pontchartrain, tor
1750,000, payable- in annual installments.
?3^" ^ shoemaker iu Loods, England, uudtr
ook lately, for a wager, to eat an uncooked ral-it
-fur .'kin and all. He succeeded, but iuimediaie
r went into convulsions, which,continued tor an
our when he; died.
?ZS?~ It is estimated at Fenian Headquarters
bat nearly ono million of men are ready for tho-1
ibcrationof Ireland, upon orders to march. Sev
rai thousand are said to havo joinod since Thurs
ay last/; ; . ....
%j?P An agent of the United- States Govefo
leritTs locatod in Wall street, with como fifty
lillians of specie at his disposal. Mru?ncver au
ttempt h lffa.de to bull tho marke?, he throws a
?rge quantity upon lt| thcroby hearing the price
own. The result of thin is thaf g?M spceul?tiu-..
1 now almost wholly ceased.
?i^T Special Washington despatches sny.tLat
onsidernblc comment had. been caused in Cu>
rcssional circles over tho speech of Garrutt Da
is, made in tho Senate, in which ho said that b?
oped a new -Senate, cninpusod of cxclitdrd.
buthe'rn men and their Monds* in tho pres.nt'
enate, wfiould be cstablL-heG.
A letter from an officer at Shreveport, L:.
ij a .there is a reign of terror thor?. .
STiiv? MiBs Burdett Coutts, of EtJghnd, is so
ch sho cannot spor d her income, or even give it
rvay, although she is vory ?berall Sho has io
nploy sovoral secrataiies to road her boggiug
ittors.
jr ti- A white man named Slaut, from George
urn, Ohio, was in Cinciunaftl, -a few days since,'
lokin'g'aftsjT ft daughter who- had run away with
negro.'
A ??ntr?man from' Texas says it is'not
riown what has become of "Senator Wigfall.
; is considered c?ftain' that he has ' not
.osse'd the State into Mexico, ahd if iii the
ni.le'd States, his locality is secret. Many
?licvo that he is dead.-N". 0. Crescent.
Senator Wigfall is neither dead nor in the
nited States.-H'oii-ion Telegraph.
DISTIKRUISHED AK?IIVAI..-We s?o among
ic names ot passengers by the' steamship.
voicer City, from New York, that of the
on. John Van Buren. This'distinguished
iutleman has a national reputation, and we
e pleased to notice bia visit to the South.
rc have no doubt his reception will bc cor
al 8Dd friendly wherever he maj' go.
harleston Daily New?, [March Kth.
MKXIC'O TO UK TH? NEW IRISH Rt-rimtc.
wns stated'in ibo Nev/ York Citizen a lbw
eeks since, tbaf shortly tho Irish would have
republic ol' their own. Tho other night an
a'tor at ?riefcf thc ninny Fenian Circles ia
iw York itti'dj that the paper in question rc
.red to Mexico ; that Louis' Napoleon wa*',
out to"'witlidmw his troops, not- through, j
ir bf this Government, but to niakc room
r the legions of tb? I*F. B. ; tbat-Maxiiuil
s had agreed' tb abdicate on condition of
mg proclaimed Prcsid?nt of tho "new rc-i j
blicV ;' and that sb soon r/s the republic had ,
eh procla?rne.'lj letters of marque would'lw.. .
u'?a'a.??1nstt:Brivish shlpning: -All'^bisihe. ;
ftoV t-rti.1 V'Tirfd-Wtort1. Wli???v?r-truth thcte
t"t:-be:iri''it,Tcltf'ccrtuirr that the -raeiiubers. -jj
:epItoa mi?SikW$t^M?? J -
TUE SECRETARY ?PIVAR--TEe~77at?mr?
Intelligencer, which seems to be the, organ ol I
the President, and wl'ich certainer, ha?, dita
?big (he last fl-w months, loresHBoyed hisf
'-cations of*M-? Stt?ftJhrfq?xthc :e^t'raor?parr
jjjancture bailie war;just?Sed bis^cunij&y'ncy
:-?creW/?^?"oe sa-n$->rea??iito dod.?JrtBtral?'.thi}.
^mpolic^^-nisJrt?u^M^-" t?r^fr ofp?eace.
$3?H expulsion f?j?gpbcCabinetry President
.?ohnsou wouId,?J^ca4ffirJi doubt, he hailed
.Bv thc country witk'ncafcrylinaniaioua appro
bation."
MURDER.-Ou Thursday morning la?t, some
negroes in a field in Lexington dut., and not
Tar from the Court House, hearing an unusual
-ncisrvtogtthfci: with thc report of a pistol, rc^i
paired to tho ?pot, and there- discovered -*|
dead body, which was -afterwards identified
by Mr. John" Hair,.of Frog Lovel? thenrou
LU way to Columbia, as that of Capt. Chesley
Herbert, of thia District, a incut estimable
christian gentleman. The body waa veiy
. much mutilated,"s.pparenlly (rom blows ir.-J
.tlictcil with a club, while .1 ball'fired at th:t
("back of tlie head had parsed out near'the up-, j
per lip. 11 appears that on Sunday night, the
.Uh, Capt. H. had a horse stolen from him by
* negro. On Monday he staried in pursuit,
and overtook thc" thief on Tuesday. -'On
Thursday morning while oir'his wayback
with the negro,'he waa most foully murdered
.by liiin. The negro lias been arrested nn;l
sent to ColuH?)iaforit?n1;---^ewr^y>S?rali
ld th. r-:-, .rr.- rr? - . - ,~~m
GOOD REPORTS KROM TUE SK?TSLAXDS.--"
General Scott, of the Freedmen's Bureau, ac
companied by u few friends and citizens of
Charleston, returned yesterday.from- a brief
tour of iu*pcction of the Sea Islands. ; Rela
tions between the free'dmcn and the former
owners of plantations are improving overy
day. The former are ontoriiig into contractu,
and the prospect is encouraging that every
thing will bo shortly ceduced to a harmoni
ous and proliublrt system ol' living and labor.
-Charleston Courier. *
SERIOUS NEWS, IF TRUE.-Serious nows has
como from San Francisco.. The Flaghti
advices from Fort Mason^New Mexico, stat
ing that the Imperial commander at Mada
lena, Sonora, with a band of Indian?, had
seized a freight train belonging to American
citizens, and prohibited further transportation
by American citizens. Colonel Lewis, com
manding at Fort Lewis, had bee* served with
a demand by the Imperial commander for
property taken by tho Liberals and ?old to
American merchants. The demand was sent
t > headquarters. These orders emboldened
the Imperialists to invade American soil and
murder and plunder inoffensive persons.' Gen
erals McDowell ?,nd Mason refuse to*allow
Colonel Lewis and bis men to retaliate.
In view of the prevalence of small pox iu
[different parts of the country, we publish'the
following English remedy for this terrible
disease :
Cuur. FOR SMALL POX.-Give the patient
two table spoonsful! oj'a mixture of hop-yeast
and water, sweetened with molasses so a3 U,
b? palatable,~equal parts of each, throe times
aday. Children under twelve years of ag?
should tuku two toa-spoousfull threo times a
day. Diet-boiled rice and milk, and toast
brrad moistened with water, and without but
ter. Fat no meat ; give catnip tea as often
as the patient is thirsty ; give physic when
tfecessary. If thc above treatment is strict
ly followed,no marks of small pox will remain.
Stanton 13 a patriot. He- consents to re
main in office. -Ho becomes a living sacrifice.
Ia tbs first placa he was determined to re
sigu because tho Pr?sidant would not obt\
bim. The veto afforded him tho opportunity
to march oiit with flying color?. But he die
not, take it. He tock pity on the country and
will remain until he is turned out. Ho'won't
lie, though Don Platt ?sys tba?, to his pera
nal knowledge, death sat at his ellice desk
ibr .ccvcotl mouth*, and bc won't reMgn.
His tenacity of life in oflice is wonderful.
His official longevity will,equal that of ch?
everlasting: Taney, who persisted in outliving
Buchanan's ndminsistration. A member of
tho Cabinets of Buchanan, Lincoln and John
son, Stantonious,still lives, and mores, anti
has his being, and has a military gunrd at hi?
aonse, and takes bia nourishment regularly'.
-Cincinnati Commercial
A -gang- of thieving out-throat* visite?
the plantation of Dr. Salter, near Fnt.rprwr,
Mississippi, on Saturday night,-and aflor shooting
three negroes, earned elf all tho money and raina
blei they could find on tke place. ' .
HYMENEAL. ~
. MARRIED, in Augu;ta, cn Wednesday evening,
the 1-llh hi.-:., at t o St. Jame*' lv-sonige, bj
the Rov. Mr. Geo. Kramer, Mr. H. M. CLARK,
of Augusta, and Miss KM.M A A. KV OX, of. Ham
burg, S. C.
"COMMERCIAL.
AUGUSTA, Marola 16.
COTTON.-TJS market continue* utiu.?*lly duli
Uud unchanged. . .
. tiOLD.-Market improved. The dmnan'4 L?.
iL'ucu actiro ut improved prieos. Thu damai d
; could not bo supplied at 132, which was fre?l.r
p'?id. Brokers buying af Itt) and selling-ut TS:.
SILVER.-Buying at 12? and selling at 13?.
-Constitutionalist.
CHARLESTON, Mar. IR.
Tho roceipti during tho wui>k hara amounted
to one bundre/1 and forty-two baj?s of S?ia Inland
and tw?nty-two huudred aud fifteen bales of Up
1 AI d Cotton. Tba sn les during tho s?mo period
h J vu been about liftoen hundred halos. On Fri
lay and Saturday fast, pri?es receded -about two
couts per lb in eonsequono* of unfavorable Eura
?piK.? advices, but . sens of. an advanco hariag
bean published on Monday, the -declino was in a
great measure rsgaincd, tho sales Tuusday being
at 3fi@10 cont? per lb for Low to Good Middling
Cotton. - -The continued fall in gold and Foreign
Exohaugo caused a dceliuo in tho Now York
market, .which was responded to here G* Wod
li :i;<iay,.by, thc ?tapio receding about one cent
per lb. Yoiterdiy there was but little stock
offering, and tho op?rations of th? dey extended
to' about two hundred halos at tho price's of
.this day before. We quote : Middling, 37; Sfcriet
Middling, 3S; Good Middling, 29@40.
'RICE.-There hr.vc been r.beut ?,000 bushels
of-Rou; ii and 200 bbls. of Clean received durits
thc woek. Prices aro .unchanged, say. ll (a; 12
cunts per lb. for Clonu Carolina, and I2? cents
per lb. for extra lots. Carolina Rough Ric?is
selling at $2@2.50 per hushed for Mill purposes.
CORN.-Tho recoipta havo been about ten
thousand bushels, and wo are informed of salo;
ai ?9 to' 100 per hushel, -measure, for White in
large quantities, and 105 in a jobbing way. i
.OATS-Are in good.supply, and the article is
about CQ to 65 couts per bushel.. . ?
. FLOUR.-Tho. supply iduriug tho woek has
boen beary, but th?re is a g.?-,d demand, ?nd we
are informed of couriderablo sales of Super at
$9.00 to 9?; Extra $10.00 to'$11.00, and Mid
dling' to" fine at $8.30. Tho coEimou grades aro
most ic request. .--'....
BACON.-Thcro has heon a good supply ro'
coived since our last, and wc hear of considerable
sales.for plantation purposes, at 16@17.cent? per
lb for'Hains.
GOL!) is dull. Th'e Br'okinf ar? baying at 27.1
aha* soiling at? 30.-Charleston Courier.
UNDERWRITER'S AGENCY.
TIE Subscriber having bren appointed Agent
of the . .
T
GERMANIA, HAAOVEtt,. NUGARA &
REPUBLIC FIRE INSURANCE
COMPAOTS
Of New York.-tho aggregate Cash. Assetrs of
which is NEAR THREE MILLIONS OF DOLc
LARS-is. propHred to take risks against loss or
ianiago bv Firo on liberal terms.
Z. W. CARWILE, Agent;',
Feb 13 tf r
Wet Nurse Wanted.
WANTED 0 young, hoarty and healthy WET'
.NURSE-ono with a child not over throe
jr four m?Btfi? old. A white woman preferred.
Liberal wage* witt bo paid. Wanted iuimodiate
y. None but the must indubitably boalthy need,
ipply. Apply at this Oflioo.
Mar 20_, - - ? .. tf . 12
Bacpxi ! Bacon !
*THE Subscriber fc?a> ?SO?TLI?. Fin? I?A..
% CON for tale! ,.,JOHN CHEATHAM.
PunUarrill?\Jlary." .- U U
ODS!
r ll DOW receiving bi? S tc vi. of
it) SIMMER GOODS diroot
consiiting of
MUSLINS,
GINGHAMS,
COTTONADES1, ?TRIPES,
BROWN AND PLANTER'S LINEN,
SHIRTINGS,
-..?TO&TOfiSe***..*.
LONG CLOTHS,
Ladies, Misses and Men's HATS AND
BONNETS T ~
Bib?vo?s, Flowers* Wceatlig
?loves, f fiils^ HosSSy?
LADIES, JfISS?S.?!3X??
BOOTS AND SHOtS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARE,
CROCKERY,;.,;,. '-'??tfu
S Ap DIES, B?miis] GnKtTO.?sCBi?N- $
OLES, . - '
With many otho? articles too tcdloun le mention,
which will be sold st tho lowest market price for
CASH ONLY. ? .tm yns5
?0. C. BRYAN, Agent.
? a
mn
The Subscribers are no TC-:
. ." ing. their'Stock-of
SprixLg -and Summer.
DRESS. GOODS. .
ALSO, A CHOICB SBLBCTION-OJ1-. rs
Groceries, Hardware,
Crockery, Pocket*Cnilery* -.
ALSO, WHITE WINE -AND. APPLE VINE
GAE-As A No. 1, article-u rfl |
.V?iaR?N'& LOVELACE.
. Ridgeway) Mar 20 St 12
OFFICE Ai ASST. COMJIISSi?KE?,
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU FOR EDGEFIELD
DISTRICT, S. C.,_ .
: - .. * . . .?TiAxiv.Wr-XmiMnWji
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. I.
?IN obedience io Special Orders, No. 4, ?aUd
. Hot.dqriartors Dint:. Comai>sioa?r, Burran
Refugees,. Krotduxn, Ac., for. South Carolina,
February 32d, "H68, thu ui'idtwigited- 'Etlumea
charge of all matten pertaining t? tho Freed
men;* Rureaufvand all duties .connected 4her*wiill
ii?E.d'j.?i^^* ::.-i.v.
II. All Contracts now in existen??, er*hcr?af
tor to bo made, in whick Fruad people aro par?
des, are mir: ire J to bo presented at (bis Office for
?xantinatiou and approval/ Without inch appin,
ral they are null and- void, and-will not be al
lowed.
III. MatUrs ia dispute, and oases ?f alleged
ibuse, wherein Freed poople-sra jiater.catad, must
r.e refervaJ to this O Soe for adjudication, ?sd
. 'riet justice will be meted out to all part?as witb
iut ptojudioa, foar or favor.
The interests of th? Freed psoplo'will ba look
? d after closuly. in order (Lat they may receivl
air cowpeniatinn 'for tb.ir labor, kind ?nd hu
.nanc treatment, and tWr rights uadi-r tho law.
Li ut they on tb? other hand will bo required to
.>ebav* in an orderly manner, ind to work indas
riously to ?uppo.-t themselves and familier.
IV. 2nd Lieut. GEO. P. MCDOUGALL ia an
?louncod as Adjutant ul thc Dwtriot. And' Asst.
burgeon TBQS. TURNER, U. S. A., as.Medical
Officer, nnd will bare charge nf th? Hospital and
bo Sanitary regalatioLf-of the-Frbeil people and
destitute Refugee,., .
. . . -JOHN DBVSREU.*,'
. . Brv^Lt. Culobol Ui.S. A,';
A.' A. Commissioner for Edgofieid Dist. ?
Mar 20 ... 4t 1?
THE TRUSTEES ar? happy to
announce litat they ?ave muntd
the iirvices of- ' '
Rev A. W. CUMMINGS, D. D.>.
'nug and farorably.kn^wn to tbaeitiaess ot ?ortth
Cir-dina as the Presido*! of the Female Collego
at Aahovillo, N. C. His prca? success thor? it a
sufficient jfuarautee for his skilful management
at Spartanburg.
TUE NEXT SESSION will opon MAY Oft,
*nd continue Thirty Weeks. The President will
lie aided by an abie Corps of Experiencia Teach
ers.
All WU? p?yatd? ia atrinca, in- apeale, 'pr- ita
equivalent. . ?3 ' ' J" jf J . { '/
BOARD ami TUIT?ON pvr Session, ?150,0?
, . TUITION to Day Scholar*. 40,00
MU?iCj.includiiH; ute of Instrument. -15,00
The other Ornamental Branchas at'tho usual
rat.?.?. Contingent Fee; $2,ott, and Washing 75 et?,
po - dozen.
(?.ch Hoarder will furnish a Tea-spoon, Drink
ing Cup, a lllaiiket, ?* p??r.t'.f Sheels,-'s pair of
l'iilow-caso?, her T?ilet and To-neli.
SIMPSON BOBO,
Prtt?Uht Jinn, d of Trustee?.
?far 21., 2t . , .12
TEXAS* TEXAS'! TEXAS ? :
T??E tendency of i m mit ration ia the whole
country, North and South, is now towards.
Texai. The doiire ia univor>al to know more of
this promised land. A newspaper that give? re
liable intelligeneo of affairs herc, the condition of
tb ? country, ?tc, should be wolcamoto thousand?
of people in the elder Stator. Thii tewspapir is
TnE HOUSTON TELEGRAPH,
Published at Ucr.stuu, Texan, Daily, Tri-Weekly
ami Weakly. It it ? large double-shoot, bf, tho
saci? ?i/.c'as tho New York Harald! Tribun? and
W< rid. Besides tho nows of tho day, it der?tua
a large spaeo to Toxae Ic tail i jeno?. ..To Ibis do
partment it has over thirty p?id c?u tribu tors, ia
ev?ry part of tho Stat?, betiaoa an ezehaug* Hst
.unbracing every paper in (ho Slat?. * It ii pub
liihod at tho ?u?owing r.itei.; " ] '"?/
PHB TUB. rSS WOTTH.
Daily, . $16 t?> $1 st)
Tri-Weekly,. 13'80 10?
Weekly, & 00 60 1
And fur shorter periods,,in proportion.
Mechanirt, farmers, capitalist, railroad and
itenmbout men, artists,- teachers, ?tu., come to
Texas,- and welcome to terfort?e.fleldr and'goBi
al.skies... We have room for twenty nih.?ons, and
will not b>.crowded.
For the Telegraph, ?ddrei?
E. H. COBBING, Publither,
Honiton, Texas.
R. H: G RIr ns, Bus. Manager.
M*r li " . 2l* ? 12
Notice; -
A LL persoriaanywisfi indebttd to the Estate of
Eh. B. T. DAVIS, deo'd., aro requested to oall
?n.T. IL Clark, Biqr.,vniy..auth'orisjd Afea? and
Attorney, and aeftttu. And these having demands
against tko said oetate will pl?aso prosent them ta
my aforesaid Agent and Attorney properly at
tested. - ' NANCY L. DAVIS, sadm'ix.
gggj& ... j tf
Administrator's, Sale.
BK virtue of an order from tho Ordinr.ry I wif)
proceed to sell in this Village at the lat*
rcsidenco of E.'T. DAVIS, d^e'd., on SATUR
DAY, the 21st March, al.1 .bo HOUSEHOLD
AND KITCHEN fUBKLT-tR3S?A;N?)- OTHEB
PERSONAL EFFECTS beloaginx. to said de
ceased. -'
??-TERMS TJASH.
T. H. CLARK, Agent
For Mra.4N. L. .Davis, Ad'ix.
t?totMik . Sri UK ?
Notice..
ALL Persoyit having demands against the Bs.
tate of Mr^. HARRIET HERRIN, dee'd.,
aro requeitcd ti? piNseut the same, properly at
tested, by tie first May,- to rm, for payment. And
those indebted to tho said Estate.aro raquotted to
make immediate payment. ;
- - JOH?I-?Ri IlERRIN/Airm'or.
Her 31 -.- ... ^t.'.r" 12
Stolen
FROM tho SuVicriber, on the Yt th ?tilt, a Ct
uadian Bay MARK. She hat black man?
and^ tail,,??tar Ut tba ft.r?he?d ; ted is ih&ved on
both tides by the ir.dd!c and laddie b?gj. I? a
good laddie nag; ?ged so ve a ycart ; medium
lix*. . ' "
'A liberal rew*,',.'d?wTll bo^g?y?j fcr^1!!^ recove
ry, ai.d any inforir.atien concerning her thank
fully ?coeiv.ed. And a special fi ward will he
given for the rapture ol! .Hlia tiltrf.-'.v^
_ - * W3?L.'AI>^M.D.