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Proclamation of the President.
Restoration of Hie Writ of Habeas Corpus
throuyhoi? tlie Southern Slates-Marli?!
Luw Removed-Peace, Order. Tranquility
and Civil Authority Declared to Exist
: trunyhout the United Sia'es.
Whereas, by the proclamations of the 1 ?th
and 19th of April, 1861, the President of tb*
United States, in virtue of the power vested
in him by the Constitution and the laws, de
clared that the laws of tbe United States were
opposed, and the execution thereof obstrict
ed. in the States of South Carolina, Georgin,
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Ttxas, by combinations too powerful to be
suppressed by the ordinary course ol judicml
proceedings only, the powers vested in mar
BhalB by law ; aud
Whereas, by another proclamation, made
on tue lGlh cay of August, io thc same year,
in pursuance of au Act vi' Congress approved
Ju^M'i, lStil, the inhabitants of the State*
of Georgia, South Car.-lina, Virginia. North
Carolina, Twunessee, Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas; Arkansa-t, Mississippi und Florida, ex
Ci.-ptthe inhabitants of those-patts of the
St.-ue ci* Virginia lying Weat ol' the ?lleghany
Mountains, aud except also thc inhabitants
t.!" such other parts oi that State iv.i? thc oth
IT States before nimctl, as inigh* maintain a
li yil udtiesior: to the Union or Constitution,
or ruigbt be from time to lime occupied and
i-o.itruilcd by the fortes of thc United Slates
nuga iced in the dispersion of tho insurgents,
were declared to be in a state of insurrection
against the United Slates ; and
Whereas, by another proclamation of the
1st day-ot" July, Ist?-, U?ued in pursuance of
an Act of Cougress approved June 7, in tbe
suine year tLe iri?uri.ecticn was declared to
be still existing" iu the States aforesaid, with
the exception af certain specified Counties in
t ie State of Virginia ; and
Whereas, by another proclamation made
on the 2d day of April, ib'G2, i:i pursuance of
thc Aci of Congress of July 13, ISSI, thc ex
ceptions named in thc proclamation of Au
gust ld, lSoi, were revoked, and thc inhabi
tants of the States of Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louis
iana, Texas, At kansai, Mssiss'ppi, Florida'
and Virginia, except the forty e'^ht Counties
of Virginia designated us We.->t Vi-ginia, and
the ports of New Orleans, Key West, Fort
iioyal and Beaufort, in South Carolina, vtcre
dec ared to be still in a state of insurrection
against tbe United Statts; and
Whereas, by uuo'.ber proclamation of the
l?th du/ of September, ?SG3, made in pursu
ance of the Act of Congress approved .March
lStju, the rebellion was declared to be still
existing," and the privilege of the writ of Aa
bets corpus was in certain specified cases sus
pended throughout the United States, said
suspension to continue through jut the dura
tion of the rebellion, or uutil said proclama
lion should, by a subsequent ne to be issued
by the President of the United States, be
modi tied or revoked; and
Whereas-the House of Representatives, on
the 2H day of July, 1801, adopted a resolu
tion iu the words toilo-.ving, namely :
" Resolved, by the Umise uf Representative*
of Ute Congress of the United Stales, That the
present deplorable civil war h is been forced
upon thc country by the distiuionists of the
Soutl'crn States, now in revolt against tho
constitutional Government, and ?nat ins around
tkccapital. That in this national cmergen
. cy, Congress, banishing all feelings of mere
passion or resentment, will recollect only i'.s
duty to thc whole country. That this war is
not waged on our part in any spirit of oppres
sion, nor for any purpo?c of conquest or sub
jugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or in
terfering with the rights or established insti
tutions of those State-, but tu deicud and
maintain the supremacy of the Constitution
aud to preserve the Union, with all thc dig
nity, equality and rights of the several Stntes
unimpaired, and tbat as soon as these objects
are accomplished, the war ought to cease ;"
and
Whereas, the Senate of thc United States,
on the 25th day of July, ] So 1; adopted a res
olution in the following words,"to wit :
*? Resolved, That the present deplorable civil
war bas beeu forced upon the country by thc
disuniouists of the Southern Stales, now in
revolt against the constitutional Government,
and in arm3 around the capital. That in this
national emergency, Congress, banishing all
feelings of mere passion or resentment, will
reaollect only its cinty to the whole country.
That this war is not prosecuted on our par :
in any spirit of oppression, nor for any pur
pose of conquest or subjugation, nor for tho
purpose of overthrowing or interfering with
the rights or established institutions of these
States, but to defend and maintain the supre
macy of the Constitution, and all laws made
in pursuance thereof; and to preserve tho
Union withal! the dignity, equality and rightti
of the several States unimpaired ; that as soon
as these objects r.re accomplished, the war
ought to Cease ;" and
Whereas, as these resolut'ons, though not
joint or concurrent in form, are substantially
the same, and as such have hitherto been and
yet are regalded a3 having expressed the
sense of Congress upon the subject to which
they relate ; and
Whereas, the President of the United States,
by proclamation of the 13th of June, 18G3,
declared that tho insurrection in the State of
' Tennessee had been suppressed, and that the,
authority of the United States therein was
undisputed, and that such United States offi
eera as had been duly eoromissioned were in
the undisturbed exercise of their official func
tions; and
Whereas, the President of the United States,
by further proclamation, issued on the 2d day
of April, 1866, did promulgate and declare
that there no longer existed any armed resis
tance of misguided citizens or Others to the
authority of tbe United States in any or in
all the States btjfore-mentioned, excepting
only tko State of Texas ; and did further pro
mulgate end declare that the laws could be
sustained and enforced in the several States
before mentioned, except Texas, by the proper
fcivil authorities, State or Federal ; and that
the people of tho said States, except Texas,
are well and loyally disposed, and have con
formed, or will conform In their legislation,
to the condition of affairs growing out of the
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States prohibiting slavery within the limits
and jnrisdictiou of the United States, and djd
. further declare, in the same proclamation,
that it is tho manifest determination of the
American people that no State of its own will
has a right or power to go out of, or separate j
itself from, or be separated from the Ameri
can Union ; and that, therefore, each State j
ought to remain and constitute an integral ,
part of the United States ; and did farther ,
declare in the samo last-mentioned proclama- |
rion that the several aforementioned State?, ?
excepting Texw, hud, ia the matter, given ,<
satisfactory evidence that they acquiesce ia <
this sovereign and important r?solution o? the <
entichai atti ty ? ?cd
Whereas.the "Pres?dctF ?f the United StatM,
lu the sanie piticlataatio.-, did further declare \
that it. is believed to be a ?undanle?ital pf in- j
ciple of Government Ih?t thc people who f
have been overcome and subdued must dither 1
be dealt with so as to induce them voluntan- i
ly to become friends, or else they must be c
held by absolute miiitary power, or devasta- t
ted, so M to pmaii tfiana fro* ever ajpm' c
oiDgharm as enemies, which last-named
tolley is abhorrent to humanity and to free
lorr. ; and . "* .
Whereas the President did, :n the sumo
irochim?tion, further declare that the Con
fution of the United States provides fur
?ons! i tuent communities only as States; and
lot as territories, dependencies,-provinces,'or
)rotectorates . and,'fqriher, that'such consti
tuent States must neccessarily he, and by the
Jons.itution and laws of the. United States
ire, made i-qual, and placed upon a like foot
ing as to political rights, immunities, digni
ies, and power with the sever.il States with
svhieb they are united ; and did further de
clare that the observance of political equality
ns a principle of right at d justice is well cal-?
Lulated to encourage the people of the bc
,'ore-named States, except Texan, to be and
Lo bec nie more and more constant and perse
vering in their renewed adegiai-ce ; and
When as the President did further declare
that standing armies, military occupation,
martial law, military tribunals, nnd the sus-'
pension of the writ of habeas corpus are, in
times of peace, dangerous to public liberty,
incompatible with the individual rights of
the citiisjn, contrary to the genius and spirit
of our free institutions, and exhaustive of the
national resources, aud ought not therefore
to be sanctioned or allowed, except in cases
of actual necessity, for repelling invasion or
suppressing insurrection pr rebellion; and tfcer
President did further, in the same proclama
tion, declare that the policy of the Govern
ment of the United Slates, from the beginning
of rhe insurrection to its overthrow and Goal
suppression, had been conducted in conformi
ty with the principles in the last named pro
c:amation recited : and
Whereas the President, in the said procla
mation, of the 3ilih of June, 1SCG upon tho
grounds therein stated, and hereinbefore re
cited, did-then and thereby p-cc-laim and de
clare that the insurrection which heretofore
existed in the several Slates before ?iatned,
except in Texas, was at an end, atd arc hence
forth to bc so regarded ; and
Whop-as. MIr-s-'qnently to the second day
nf April, l^iiG, the insurrection in the State
?f Texas i as been completely und ev. rywhero
sup; rcsscd a::d ceded, and tho au!h ruy of
the TJnitcd Sj at es has been successfully anti
completely established in tho seid State ol'
Texas, and now remajas therein unresisted
and u:.dis</ju.-(l, ?md sue'.: of thc proper Uni
ted States officers as have bann duly commis
sioned within tho limit? of tie s .id State ure
now iu the undisturbed exercise of their ofK
c al funeliors ; and
Whereas the laws can- be now sustained
and enforced in the said State of Texas by
the proper civil author ty, Stale or Federal,
and the people of the ?aid State of Texas,
like thc,people of (he other States before
Damed, are well and loyally disposed, nnd
have conformed, or will conform in their leg
islation, to thc condition of affairs growing
out of the amendment of the Constitution ot
the United States prohibiting slavery within
the limits audjuriadiction of the United States;
and
Whereas, all thc reasons and conclusions
set forth in regard to thc several States lhere
in specially named now apply equally and in
all respects to the State of Texas, as well as
the other Slates which have been involved iu
insurrection ; and
Whereas, adequate provision has been made
by military orders to enforce the execution
ol' the ac's of Congress, aid the ci''il authori
ties, and seenrt obedience to the Qon-tjtutioti
and laws cf the United Slates within thc
State of Texas, if a resort to military force
for .said purpose should at any time become
necessary :
Now, therefore, I, Audrew Johusrm, Presi
dent of tho United State3, do hereby proclaim
and declare that thc insurrection which here
tofore existed in the State of Texas is at an
end, and is henceforth so regarded in that
State, as in the other States before named, in
which the said insurrection ha? been proclaim
ed to be at an ?nd by the aforesaid proclama
tion of the 2J day of April, lriiiG.
Aud I do further proclaim that tho said in
surrection is at au cud, and that peace, order,
tranquility and civil authority now exist in
and throughout the whole of the United States
of America.
In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set
my hand and causee! the seal of the
United States to be affixed. Done at
thc city of Washington this twentieth
[r,. s.J day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight huudred and sixty
six, and of thc independence of thc Uni
ted Stales of America the ninety-first.
By the President:
ANDREW JOHNSON.
W. II.'SEWARD, Secy of State
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Proclnmution of the President Rela
tive to Mexico.
WASHINGTON*, August 17.-The following
proclamation has been issued :
UV THE PRESIDENT OK THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA-A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a war is existing in the Republic
of Mexico, aggravated by foreign military in
tervention ; and
Whereas, the United States, in accordance
with their settled, habits and policy, and a
neutral power in regard to the war wnich
thus afflicts the Republic of Mexico - aud
.AVhereas it has beome knowu that one of
tho belligerents in the said war, r.amely, the
Prir.ce Maximilian, who asserts himself to
be Emperor in Mexico, has issued a declara
tion in regard to the port of Matamoras. and
other Mexican ports which arc in tho occupa
tiou and possession 'of another of the said
belligerents, namely, the United States of
Mexico, which decree is in the following
words :
,l The port of Matamoros, ond all those of
the Northern frontier which have withdrawn
from their obedience to the Government, are
closed to foreign and coasting traffic during
such timu as the laws of the -Empire shall
not be therein reinstated.
" Artic'c 2. Merchandize proceed.ng from
the said perts, on arriving at any other where
the excise of tho Empire is collected, shall
pay thc duties on importation introduced and*
consumption, and* in satisfactory proof of
contravention, shall be unrcmissibly confis
cated.
:! Our Minister of the Treasury is charged
with the punctual execution of this decree.
" Given at Mexico, the <>th of July, 18CG."
And whereas thc decree thus recited, by
declaring a belligerent blockade, unsupported
by competent military or naval, force, is in
violation of the neutral rights of tho United
States, as defined by the law of nations, as
well as of the treaties existing between the
United States of America and the aforesaid
United States of Mexico;
Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of the United States, do hereby pro
claim and declare tba' the aforesaid decree is
held and will bo held by the United States
to be absolutely null and void as against the
Government and citizens of thc United
States, and that any. attempt which shall be
made to enforce the same against the Govern
ment or citizens of the United States will bo
disallowed.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, the sev
enteenth day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand ?ight hundred. and sixty
six, and of the independence of the United
States of America the ninety first.
< ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WILLIAM H..SEWARD, Sec'y State.
BREACH OP PROMISE CASE.-Miss Mary L.
Schell, of San Francisco, California, ha.i sued'
Major General Henry M. Naglce for refusing
to marry her after having, as she tlleges,
promised many a time to do so. She savs
?he is damaged to the amount of $100,000
by his conduot. The case will be tried at
ian Francisco, Toe fair plaintiff ha -, over
me hundred Utters ou hand, all written by
:bo defendant; by which abo espucts to make
jut her case,
Tb'RHiaLa UxP?y?sio?f.-The Italian jour
mis rsport a frightful catastrophe at PiacenZa.
? small powder mill blew up, and communis
lated the Aro to a factory of cartridges, which
ikewise exploded. About sixty yt?tgwo
oen, soTciiers aud several laborers, who were
tmployed on the premises, wera all buried in j
he barnier* ruins. The exact number <tf thc j
lani ?oct we cod ed ia oct Jooroo.
THE ADVERTISER.
JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29~186G7"
Ten Days of Interest and Edification
in Edgefield.
For ten days past, amost i?teres?iug and edify
ing meeting has been going'on in the Baptist
Church ut this placo. Warm Christian hearts
have been burning with holy zoal, and warm
Christian hands havo been active with holy work*
Soldiers of the cross bavo boen fighting manfully,
and with good effect. Christians arc aroused from
supinoneis to stronger effort and strong prayer.
And sinners arc being drawn out of darkness into
light.
This, wc know, will be glad tidings not only to
all who lovo God and prny for thc peace of Jeru
salem, but to all who respect the Church of Chrish
and wish it well.
One result of this meeting will be tho earjj
baptism of a considorablo number of persons,
both white and black. How many exactly, wo
aro not abie to sny.
Of theso soldiers of the cross, the only ono not
of Edgefiehl, and thereforo not perfectly well
known to Edge-field people, is the Rev. W. D. MAY
FIELD, now thc pastor of two or moro Churches
in the low?r part of Laurons District :-a native
of Grcenvile District:-formerly Chaplain of tho
:!rd RegU*S. C. V. Mr. HATFIELD is a young
man, and the day will come-and soon-when it
will not bc necessary to Etato who ho is, or where
he is from. If his life and health last, his name
is destined to fill thc trump of famo. nis preach
ing is fervidly and impetuously eloquent-always
."ecp and full-always serious and sincere. A
man of glorious capabili ics. Iiis friends and
udraircrs-in EdgeGcld arc-tho entiro and undi
vided community.
Report.
We hear that tho headquarters of the Freed
men's Duroau for EdgcGeld District, will, in a
few days, he removed from Hamburg to this placo.
Bain.
Rain hap been falling, gently but stoadily, for
tnen'y-iour hours; beginning at noun on Monday
the 27th. There is eyery nppouranco of our now
having quite enough, perhaps too much.
In thc course of the past week, wo saw gentle
men from various parts-distant and opposite-of
the District. All of them, without a dissenting
voice, gave extremely gloomy accounts of the
corn and cotton prospects.
Have An Eye to the Wheat Crop.
And asa preparatory performance, have an cy6
to thc advertisement elsewhere, with thc caption,
" Puro Peruvian Guano."
Thc Fumons Harvest Queen Cooking
Stove.
Poor, unhappy, froc-U'oor-torm'jntcd Southern
women must bo convinced by this time that their
culinary sorrows can only have an end in the
Cooking Stove A fr?e Legro woman, dawdling
over a broad kitchon hearth, flirting lazily with
dirty pots and ovens, iain these" days, a dreary
and a maddening picture.
Uundcr present circumstances, every decent
Southeru maa ou^ht, without consulting ber, to
buy and bring homo to his wife, a clean, haudy
comfortable Cooking Store
To all so minded, wc would mention tho names
of Joses, Surra i Co., 102 Rroad Street, Augus
ta, Ga. They hive an advertisement in this paper.
On thc Right Track.
We call the attention of all intorest*d, to the
card in another column, hctfdod "-Compromiso."
Drs. LaatEn & LEWIS of Liberty Hill aro not
only honorable gentlemen-but wise. If there
waa moro of tho liberal spirit of compromise
abroad in tho land, there would bc far less distross
-and far less manocuvering.
Agent for Vuluablc Books and Papers.
Again wo beg lcavo to introduce our young
townsman, Mr. WM. RAMKV, to his fellow-citizens
throughout tho District, as Agent for procuring
subscriptions to Pollard's history of tho war,
called " Thc Lott Cause;" to " Thc Rural South
erner," a very valuable agricultural weokly to be
published in Columbia, by those popular publish
er*, R. M. STOKES .t Co. ; and to Prof. DARSEY'S
"Life of Stonewall Jackton." Wo call attention
to Mr. HAMEY'S advertisement concerning thc
last named work.
" The Ladies Home."
This is tho titlo of a very admirablo and a very
succossful weekly paper published in Atlanta, Ga.,
"dovotcd to. tho varied interests of Southern wo
manhood." Editor and prnpriotor, Dr. Tuos. S.
POWELL; Literary Editross, Mrs. L. Vino nu A
FRENCH, of McMiunville Tenn. Terms, $5,00
per annum in advance. Address tho proprietor,
Atlanta, Ga. A pleasanter, a more elegant, or a
moro useful papor, wo have not seon in a long
timo. wWc hope thc ladies of Edgefield District
will patronize it. Mrs. FnE.vcn, tho Editress, is
ono of thc most thoroughly intellectual female
waiters of tho South. Tnfs paper will polish and
enlighten any household into which it comes.
*? So Shiucs a Good Decd*in ? Naughty
World."
Two weeks .ago there appeared in our papar a
short communication, stating that Tnos. LEWIS,
Esq., of our District, hold a noto against ono of
his" fellow-citizens for eighteen hundred dollars ;
that representation-was made to him that if tho
property of his debtor was pressed into tho mar-,
kot by tho-Tjhcriff, it might not pay fifty cents on
thc dollar; and that thereupon, he ondorsod tho
note ns follows : " tho within note may bo dis
charged by paying one-third part of thc principal
and inte -cst : one-half of this to bo paid next
winter, tao other half twclvo months afterwards."
Hero il a man, and such men are profoundly
uncommon, who literally docs as ho would be
done by. And wo bring the matter tolightagain
simply tc stato that tho communication is copied
into cveiy paper wc pick up. Wo have no doubt
this nob! ) oxample will influoncomany to do like
wise. " So tbinos a good deed in a naughty world!"
Ain't Gwine bc Grabbin from Nobody.
Wo visit old Jack Penn, an extremely ancient
freedman, who lives and loves and labors on a
groon spot somewhat back of our home. Wo say
'.'loves," becauso Nancy,, thb partner of Jack''?
bosom-and of his rice, and his potatoes, and his
peas,-Hives with him. Jack, to do tho agreeable,
mans us about to soo his crop. Ho has ono or
two protty patchos of rico, and a comfortable
showing of peas and groundnuts. In taking
Tcavo of Jack, the following colloquy occurs. And
wo commend Jack's spirit and resolve to every
body-bo ho bond or free :
" Why, Jack, your crop is admirable^, you will
bo ablo to get through the coming season very
comfortably." *
" Yes, Massa, Iafe't gwino be grabbin from no
body dis wjntor."
>* Thc Burning-of Columbia :
A Review of Northern Assertions and Southern
Facts." This is tho namo given to a ?pamphlet
composed of a number ot articles written by Dr.
Tr.nzEVANT of Columbia, originally published in
tho South Carolinian, and, at tho request of many
citizens of Columbia, now embodied in a moro
permanent shape, It is also published in its pres
ent form by Mr. DE FONTAINE, Editor of the
Daily South Carolinian. Dr. TREZSVANT is one
of the oldest and most honored citizens of Co
lumbia. . His narrativo of tho burning and pillago
is rojiablc, conclusivo, and highly interesting. A
few years hence, any South Carolina family would
prizo ono of these pamphlets immeasurably.
Price, 2$ cents.
An Excellent Religious Journal.
" Th? Baptist Church and Sunday-School Mes
senger," a monthly published at Yorkville in our
own State. Edited by Elder TILMA:. GAU-ES.
Printed at the offlco of tho Yorkville Enquirer,
Terms/$2.00 per annum. Tho August number,
which is bofore us, contains nothing but what is
good, useful, and of a high standard of literary
merit.' ^_
?r^Hoslettar, the Bitters man, reports aa is- j
cwneof *1W,7?. Beaimtiw.
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Extra Session of the Legislature.
In another column will bo found the Proclama
tion of his Excellency, Govi Onn, calling the
Legislature of S. C., to meet in extra-session, on
Tuesday the 4th of Septcmbor proximo. There
will bo threo groat subjects of discussion; tho
modification of thtfnegro laws ; tba procuring of
corn from the North West, that the poor and in
digent of tho State may not starve npxt year;
nnd tho devising off means of relief for thc people
from tho heavy burden of their indebtedness.
-T* ? '?
The Declaration and Address of the
National tlnion Convention. ;
On the outside of to-day's' Advertiser will bo
found the Declaration of Principios and Address
of tho National Union Convention of Philadel
phia- Tucso aro documents of much intorcst and
of high importance. They will bo read arid dis
cussed by almost every one. And no high-toned
Southern man qr woman will read them without
feoling ever and anon a sense of burning indigna
tion and crushing humiliation. Thc Ninth Reso
lution in the Declaration of Principles is alono
sufficient to make ns weep tears of blood; But
wo must steel ourselves to bear it. It may bo a
trying necessity, bnt it comes inevitably in tho
train of our defoat and disaster. Cursed forever
be the vilo and base nocesaity. It is, of all things
yet, the drop which causes our cup of humiliation
to overflow. Bot, again, let us endeavor to shut
our eyes to this, and to all else in this Declara
tion ond Address which ?8 calculated to wound
us, and think only of what- is contained therein
of wisdom, good-fooling love of country, and
patriotism. Of. these there is much. Indeed the
Declaration and Address of tho National Union
Convention are calculated to be powerful instru
ments in favor of th? President ?gainst tho Radi
. -al Congipss ; of union against disunion ; of wbito.
government against negro government; of jus?*
compensation and eqnnl taxation of all, against
high salaries and low taxes for the favored few ;
and of State sovereignty, -and a~ constitutional
government with dolega*ed powors, against a con
solidated government with assumed and nsurpod
Towers. In view of this, lot us pass over, with
what grace we may, the many things, in these
important documents which will seem to>us in
consistent and ungenerous.
News from Different Partsvof tl . State.
Every one, by this time, knows who Messrs.
STOWKKS, KEYS and BYROM are. A few weeks
back, they were removed in great secresy and
( with much mys'ery from Castle Pincknoy to tho
Dry Tortugas-there 'to be imprisoned - for life.
Orders to this effect were Issued by tho war de
partment, directed to, Gen!. SICKLES. These or
ders, subscribed "by order of tho President,"
were published in the* Charleston papors. Tho
Hon. ARWISTEAD BURT, one of tho counsel of
#STOWERS, KEYS and BYHUM, lives, as is woll
known to most of our readers, in Abbeville. The
Abbeville Pres?, of Angust 17th contains the fol
lowing; and if it be trae, it reflects but little
credit upon STANTON and SICKLES.
" It affords us much pleasure to announco that
a luto dispatch from Waihiogt-.n, Tcccived by tho
lion. A. Burt, one of the counsel of Messrs. S tow
ers, Keys and Byrum, states that tho rocent re
moval of those prisoners ' from Charleston was
mudo without the knowledge or the -sanction of
tho President. Upon the matter being brought to
his attention, the President inimcdUtc'y directed
that an'?rder should be issued for their removal
to Fort Dclawuro. As there will here bp no con
flict between the civil and military jurisdictions
we may anticipate a speedy discharge of the pris
' onors on habeas corpus. Wojiro glad to soo tbut
tho facts of the case thus entirely vindicuto the
character of tho President and relieve him from
any imputation of bad faith ia the matter, and
\\o congratulate the prisoners' counsel upon thc
prospect of soon realizing in' their behalf the suc
cess to which their eminent services so fully enti
tle them." i
In Anderson, so says the Intelligencer, there
hus been a very interesting meeting for the pur
pose of forming a Soldiers Association. Genl.
HAMPTON was present, and addressed the meeting.
Iiis address, togcthor with an account of thc
meeting and its noblo objects, we will endeavor
to find room for in our next issue.
Tho Abbeville Banner, of tho 21st, reports the
early reopening, nndcr happy* auspices, of tho
Erskino .College ar^naH"?|iti Thia reopening is
to take placo on tho Grst Monday in October.
Rev. R. C. GniEK, D. D., President of tho College
in former and better days, returns to it now in
tho same capacity.
Tho Union ville Time? of thc J 7 th montions tho
annual meeting, at that placo, of thc stock-holders
of thc Spartanburg and Union Rail Road. Tho
following gentlemen wcro elected offi ?ers of tho
Company: President-T. Ii?, Jeter. Directora
S. Bobo, J. E. Boinar, J. W. Miller, G. W. H.
Logg, J. H. Evans, J. H. Gilliland, W. J. Alston,
F. Scaife, D. Gcrudclock, T. N. Dawkins, J. L.'
Young, R. J. Gage.
Tho Newberry Herald of the 22nd, chronicles
a revival of religion at several Methodist Churches
in that District. One hundred persons had joined
. the Church.
Wo learn from the Mountaineer that' Gov. PER
RY was to address n mass meeting at Greenville
on tho past Monday; subject: the recent National
.Union Convention. Thc Mountaineer also con
tains thc following :
" ROBBERT OF DELEGATES AT PHIL AD ?: LT II IA.
Wo regret to loarn that His Honor, Judgo Ward
law, was robbed of about five hundred dollars
whilo getting on tho train at Philadelphia. Hon.
J. B. Campbell was also robbed at the sarrio time
of a fine diamond breastpin."
Tho Conwayboro Sentinel and tho Chcraw Ad
vertiser both speak of revivals in the Methodist
Churches of Conwayboro and Chcraw.
'As to tho reports of crop prospect?, brought us
by the District papors from all parts of the State,
they arc as gloomy and discouraging,as they well
can bo.
The Luckiest Individuals in his Note
Book.
And-ho says it so amiably-and without a traco
of envy. We mean tho editor of tho Anderson
Intelligencer. But he's a good-fellow out and out;
always bravo and kind. Ho writes thus : _?
Tho Edgc?eld Advertiser folks sro the luckiest
individuals down in oar note-book. Every vreok
tho editor, printers, ?fcc., rejoico in an abondant
" treat" of some sort. For tbe past month they
have boon "running on" watermelons, and.tho
last issue of that excellent journal chronicles tho
reception of a melon weighingyorry-y?ue^joMiirf? /
-Good for tho pinoy-woods !
All profoundly true ! Both os regards our luck;
and ts regards the big watermelon. This wai
that Arabian-Nights Barr watermelon, which was
just ss fino in flavor as in size. Oat of our own
singlo slico wo saved enough aced to plant the
whole world broadcast. Try us, if you don't he
liovo it.
And only four or five days ago, H gentleman
sont us two bottles of superb Champagne; and
again we wero all high in blood and rioh with'
wine ; and we mention tho fact to let the donor
know wo apprcoiate his cavalier conduct
And on sovoral occasions "ls toly we have receiv
ed from wedding feasts, whole cokes. ;
And wo expect before-' long, sweot potatoes ae
big as a little nigger, and turnips as big as pump
kins, and' fall Irish potatoos snch as a Fenian
novor saw in his wildest dronms. Hurrah for tho
gonorous-hoartcd pcoplo who causo usTo bo thus
written down " the luckiest of individuals I"
. But wo aro- bragging ; and wo fear our luck
will depart in consequence. Wo will go straight
home and turn an idia-rubbor shoo wreng sido out
But at all events, friend HOYT, wo'll keop upon
tho tido long onough to got a bottlo of Champagno
for you. Tho vory noxt ono shall bo kept and
sont to yon. And we fancy it will make thoso
handsomo black oyes of yours sparkle until they
could almost pick up pins and needles. And
that'i not original clthor. 'Twas something of
that sort that Barry Cornwall said to Charles
Lamb. Bat if Barry Cornwall and Charlot Lamb
(sid protty things to - each other,, why should not
also Jw Hort and Jw BACC* ? Ftoe fa bagatelle. I
$SP Lato advices represent tho rains In Wet
torn Toxas as continuing. Every portion has boen ,
roachodby soarching, soaking showors. ' Grass
has not beon so fine for many yoars, and all kinds
of ?tock aro in tho best possiblo condition.
$3f* Thad. 'S to vena has been unanimously nom
inated for reelection to' {tyofreu bj the Goaren- J
Uon at lancaster, Pa, , j
For tho Advertiser. :
Witch. Thrice tho brindod cat hath mew'd.
2d Witch. Thrice ; and once the hedge-pig vrhia'd.
Srd Wflch. Harper crips :-'Tis timo, 'tis time.
l?t li itch. 'Bound about the cauldron go ; >
In the poison'd entrails.; tb row,
Toad, that undor coldest stono,
Days and nights hast thirty,one'
Sweltor'd venom, sloeping got,
Boil thou first i'. the channel pot!
All. Double, double toil abd trouble;
Firo, burn; and, cauldron, bubble
2d Witch. Fillet of'a fenny snake,
In the oauldron boil and bake:
Eyo of newt, and too'of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-wormis stiug,
Lizard's leg, aud owlet's wiofj,
For a ohnrm of powerful troublo,
Like a holl broth boil and bubble.
3rd Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf;
Witch's mammy ; maw and gulf
Of tho rovin'd salt-sea shark ;
It out of hemlock, digg'd i' tho dark ;
Liver of blaspheming Jew;
Gall of goat ; and slips of yew,
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse ;
Nose of Turk, and Tartnr's.llps;
Fingor of birth-strangled babe,
Ditcb-do'iivcr'd bj adrah, > -, .
Mako tho gruel thick and slab :
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,
For the jngrodicnts of our cauldron.
2d Witch. Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then tho charm is firm and good."
4th Witch. Add thcroto '. COK c's" confusions,
"COUNTRY CRACKER'S" low allusions,
" Coiruo.v SENSE'S" woak conclusions,
" OCEOLA'S" gay doluaions,
"Gronso-out contracts," bftrk of willow,
Bacon Pills and Pig-sty's Pillow, *
(Willow, bark from " Skipper's Qeorgio,"
Exempts a man from war's dread orgie ;)
People's man, consistent statesman,
Lawyer onco-now ho hates 'em ;,
Tho Bear People ! how he baits 'em,
Judgos, Lawyers, sore berates 'em ; .
Secessionists of fifty-two,
("One thonsaad Yankees thoy would slow;")
Half-minute man" of sixty-one,
Pleads \cilU>u> hark to bo let alone.
Oh you " COKE," you COUNTRY CRACKERS/'
Get people in, then-back " tracker's ;
" 0cE0t.A," gay deceiver,
" COMMON SENSE," rapid leavor,
Stir tho cauldron, brood confusion," .
Elemental in collusion.
Altogether a dainty dish
To snit tho gloomiest croaker's wish.
CLOD-HOPPER SHAKESPEARE.
?Bacon and Corn.
- - -
'For the Advertiser.
Mn. EDITOR : I bave been watching for some
time for what I could soe in the distant horizon
of the results of Return Day for October term of
the Court. That time, now approaches. I had
hoped (but from the last number or two of the
Adcerti'?er I fear my hopes are groundless,) that
suits for the collection of debts, except in extreme
cases, would be avoided. I seo in your columns
threat after throat. Somo who ara. acting in a
fiduciary capacity, make the bold, but I think
groundless assertion, that they have qo discre
tion ;. that the notes held by them, in their rep
resentative capacity, must of necessity be put in
suit, and that otherwise they would be liable
themselves. I sm not disposed to stop to contro
vert this legal proposition. I only(say, that, iq
my opinion, al! this is a vr.a o subterfuge, or rath
er a refuge for those who desire to encoumgo
suits. We all know thero is now no available
money in the country. People cannot pay their
dobts now, however much thoy may be disposed
to do so. It is worse than useless to inform nhem
that they must either pay or be .sued. If you in
tend to sue thom, do so at once. Don't annoy them
with newspaper threats; and what is infinitely
worse, encourage*others to sue also. If. this thing
of sueing doos begin, who can tell where it will
end ? One single man in EdgeCeld District may
bo the instrument of one thousand suits; I feel
that I know what I am saying. In many of these
cases the orly beneficiarios of these suits will be
thc lawyers and officers of the C J uri.
Tho point which I wish to make here is this :
If the debtor owed but ono man - it would not be
so bad. Ho may owe several, and if one trues
him, the others may conclude, as many will, ..;ha.t
'they must sue also ; that they cannot afford to
stand still, and be thus cut out of all chances at
his estate. It is vain to conceal tho*fact that, in
this event, dobtors will prefer those creditors who
deal most humanely with them. This they will
do by confession or otherwise.
I am far from advocating repudiation. I only
advise aud counsel forbearance. I believe in
mon paying their debts honestly and fairly, and
I am fully convinced that this they cannot do
without time. I wish to see the people of our
country united. Don't array debtor against erudi
ta r, and foroe mon to do what they cher viso
would not do. Lot us save tho morals of the
country. If your debtor is acting in good faith,
give bim a chance. Don't increase his embar
rassments with costs of suits. He jjj already
prosscd down ; almost driven to desperation.
Don't let him feol that you are his sworn enemy.
IT believe that is the prevailing sentiment of our
people, and if encouraged would continuo to pro
'vail. But if Administrators and others are ad
vised that they must sue, or become liable them*
selves, thon you draw a line of dernarkation be
tween debtor and creditor', which wilt never be
erased. You will induce a spirit of resistance to
tho civil authority, whick by ay means should bc
suppressed. You inaugurate civil discord, the
.end of which you-cannot foresee. In many sec
tions of our. District the Cotton crop of the pres
ent year will not supply the deficiencies in bread
stuffs. Starvation seems almost inevitable. Tho
people generally can't pay debts next winter;
tho proceeds of the cotton crop must be used to
purchase provision to sustr.in the people. Thc
ofTectivo forco on most plantations will of necessi
ty become diminished from tho scarcity of provi
sions, and money with whiob to purchase sup
plies. My conviction therefore is that tho most
lenient creditors will reap the host harvest in the
ond.
I lovo tho spirit of compromise which prevails
with many of our people. 1't is preferable with
me to all legislation. Many industrious persons
I never can pay their dobts, ev on with long lifo and
propitious circumstances. This they know full
well. Thoy need encouragement, and if thoy aot
in good faith I bolieve they will meet it I know
they will from all good and triio mon. Yonr cor
respondant asks this not for himself. He asks it
for the country,-for the prosont as well as futuro
generations.
It is true there may be extreme cases in which
suits will bo unavoidable. They aro however
rare. Laws are passed for tho protection, and
not for the oppression of tho citizen ; and I sub
mit respectfully, the opinion of Lawyers, if thoy
have given it, to the contrary notwithstanding,
that even those who act in a fiduciary capacity are
not bound to depress and ruin the country. They
are only bound to do what a prudent man would
do in tho management of his own private affairs.
No tribunal- will requiro more at their hands, apa if
they are induced by those who love money moro
than everything olio,- to a* contrary conclusion,
.then I gay lot tho responsibility rost where it le
gitimately belongs. ?
PINEY WOODS.
For the Advertiser.
Thc Country can be Saved.
Let the -Legislature whon it meets vacate all
offices in the State, fix tho salaries for tho noxt
sot at one-third tho present salary ; olect working
mon; out with the old arristocracy; let thom go
tho way thorrConfederatemonoy wont; thoywere
tho causo of if being mado so; away with'it, and
a way with thom.
Lot the Legislature call a convention inmedi
ately; that convention to charter tho old State'
Batik for twenty-one years; allow no other Bank
in tho State until that expires ; give everymon
and woman full compensation for his negroes, say
$500 per head; lot every man give in upon oath
up to the surronder tho numbor h*o owned;- strike
bills to that amount, and as much moro ss will
buy the cotton orop of tho 'State, and ship it
direct to Europe, and soil forspoolo; bring lt baok,
cud strike enough to buy tho next crop; and
moko the bills a lawful tender in tb is* State ; lot
the Stato borrow one-third the amount, and if lt j
?ant do tte* lal itsti?a 3N8 benda fer tut j
amount, and. by the fitttjday^ofjTnri I ;<"vory man.
in tho Stato will bo out of debt, aid oar landa
will advance 500 per cent in prico. . -.
' The interest that the Bank will mike will.near
.ly.pay tho interest on tho borrowed^?mount ; if
it should lack.nny, tax thepooplo for tho balance j
and at tho end of twonry-one years, every man
would get $500 per head for bis no'rroos in gold
pr its equivalent. I soe nothing tb. binder the
Legislators/rom; giving us'jusliee, and saving the
country. If they will not do this, I'hopo'they
will strike outr to tboi/'xurrender, live, or die ; and
my word for it, in 5.years wo would be ono of the
most independent States in thc Unio.i.
If our Legislature and Convention will save the
country, wo will hoap blossings on their heads
otherwise, curses.
BK CREEK.
For thc Advertiser.
Tribute to the Memory of Uro. John
Crouch, Jr.
At thc Regular Communication of Mt. Willing
Lodge, No.57 fin July last, the following tribute
of respect to trie memory of our beloved Brother,
JOHN CROUCH, jr., was unanimously pasted:
WHEREAS, We have board with exlremo sorrow
of the death of our highly esteemed Brother
JOHN CROUCH, jr., who was an agentive and
worthy.Mason, and consequently a gc od citizen, a
devoted friend, and an honest and upright mam
Thorofore, be it . .
Resolved, That in the death of Fro. CROUCH
.the Craft has lost one of its brighest ornaments,
and this Lodge one of its most exemplary members.
? Resolved, Thpt we doeply lament tho early do?.'
miso of our estimable and amiable Brother, and'
sincerely sympathise with, and tender our heart
felt condolence to, the bereavod fami .y and rela
tives of the deceased.
Resolved, That this Lodge be. clad in thc usual
habiliments of mourning for thirty days, and that
a pago in the Record Book be dedicated to his
memory.
Resolved, That a copy bf these Re lolutionsbo
furnished to the family of tho deceased, and also,
sont to the Edgefield Advertiser for publication.
J. W. LAGROONE, Soc'ry..
Glad to Make the Announcement. -
Messrs. TICKXOR k FIELDS, 124 Tremont Street
Boston, publishers of "Every SaUrday," th?
" Atlantic 3fonthly," kc, inform us that with tho
number for Septemb?r 1st, " Every Saturday"
will he enlarged from 32 to 40 pages. Tho great,
success of the journal justifies and d.jmands this
enlargement. Tho conductors will hereafter in
troduce as a feature Serial Stories, in compliance
with a genoral desire. They will select only
those of a first-class charactor, and of readable
quality. "Silcoto of Silcote," by Henry Kings
ley, has just boca begun, and'otbers will follow
shortly.
"Every Saturday" wjll continue to present the.
most readable, interesting, .and valuable Stories,
Essays, Sketches, and. Poems, from :;he foroign
[ journals and periodicals. Translations from the
French periodicals' will form a regulsr and im
portant featuro. - A most-thrilling story, from thc
French of Edmond About, will bo'given in Sep
tember. Price, $5 por annum-'and very cheap
to all lovers* of choice literature.
The Freedman's Bureau.
WASHINGTON, August 24.-By instructions
of the Secretary of War, Gen. Howard, Com
missioner of the freedmen's Burer.u, orders
that on and after thc 1st of October next the
issue of rations will be discontinued except
to the sick in regularly organized hospitals
and to orphan asyluras-f>?r refugees and freed
tuen already established, and that the State
officials who may be responsible foi the care}
of the poor be carefully notified, so that they
may assume" the charge of such indigentrefu
gees and freedmen as arc not en braced '
the abbye exceptions.
? -?-- ?_
U. S. Vessels Ordered to the Coast of |
Mexico.
WASHINGTON, August 19.
In accordance with the President's Procla
mation of the l'.'th inst., declaring null and
void Maxtmillian's paper blockade of Mata
moras and other Mexican ports now in posses
sion of the Juarez Government, the Navy
Department bas detached two mon-of war to
I be stationed at the month of thc Ric Grande.
'The commander of the Pacific squadron has
also received orders to sond two mi'.n-of war
to Mazatlan and Guaymas to protec; United
States interests in that quarter. -
BAD PROSPECT.-The Lynchburg News
says that the long dry spell which has pre
vailed in tho vicinity of that city, h is almost
irretrievably injured the corn crop. . Fields
that ten days ago looked green, flcuriehing,
and bid fair-to yield handsomely, ari now as
parched and dry as the autumn leaf, and no
amount of rain can revive them aga^n. This
is only the case, however, for a space of some
eight or ten miles around the city; as far as
we are advised, in other localities, Ilia seasons
have been quite propitious.
Newberry Items.
From the Herald, of the 22J, wc gsther the
annexed intelligence in reference io the de
plorable state . of affairs in our tua tor Dis
trict :
JGgf- Wc notice with pain and sorrow tue
arres; of four of onr-citizens on last Thursday,
by a detachment of cavalry, viz Ca] it. Tbos
Paysinger, Edward Peterson, John Mathis
and H. Harris. What the charges we know
not ; that they can be of a serious character
we caunot readily believe. . From this place
they were taken to Columbia and there lodg
ed in the common receptacle of tho guard
house, where they.wererethined until Saturday
morning, from whence they wera removed to
Charleston for investigation. We hope soon
to hear of their release. '
ATTEMPTS AT ROBBKRY.- Weare informed
that Mr. Appleton.Elmore, living about..4 miles
outh of the town was aroused One night last
week by a party hailing bim froni'a vrindow,
he asked, what was wanted, and received in
reply from one, that he had a letter for him
from the.Post master, and wanted an answer.
He waa thanked for his kindness, in taking
so much trouble ip walking so far (haring ad
mitted that he was on foo;,) but for pruden
tial considerations was requested to 'throw
the.letter byer the . fence. The party retired
a short distance and; fired a gun, which' was
returned by of.e of Mr. Elmore's froed bands.
In the meantime Mr. E came down ?nd made
his firearms ready, prop?red for further ac
tion j but after a few more shots" from his
unwelcome visitors they finally retired. Tho
object must have been plunder, perhaps mur
der. It was itnpossiblo . to see whether-they
were white or black, but the supposition is
the former.
An attempt was also made a few nights ago
to ontico Mr. Price, of Helena, fr?m hw prem
ises. Ho was awoko by bearing a scratching
noiso from the outside, the intention evident
ly being to make him believe it the scratch
ng of a dog, but the sound being PO; unlike*
he determined to try the efteqt of .powder and
shot Bringing his gun to bear in the proper
direction he fired, and discovered ' from the
sudden flight add noise that the unwelcome
intruders were of the human species, or inhu
man, perhaps more, properly.
ANOTHER.-Mr. George Hipp tells us that
a few evenings since, just after he had fed
his stock and entered his dwelling, a .white
man came abruptly .to the. dpor, saying,
" herc's a note for you," at the same. time
handing him a pi?ce of paper, and drawing
and cocking a pistol. Mr. H. who is an in
firm man, and having no means of defence,
found himself entirely io his. power.- The
fellow said, I'll tell yon what I want : m??aey.
Mr. H. told him he had none. He- replied,
you have provisions, fcraust have somt-v Mr.
H. gayo Bim three pieces of meat and a small
bag of flour,"", whereupon he decamped. Mr.
Hipp," informed us that there Was a party out
in the road, to whom ho carried the meat,
held ft short confab, and returned- for the
flour. '
?n view of the dangerous condition cf the.
times, citizens cannot be too watchful.
?f" -- '-' - '-'SC'v -.v. ?f;-..
?i-? > >
??fTbe first bale of cotton was brought
, to^emf market, yesterday, from tho plantttion
of Mr. Thomas Norbury, in Burke county.
The bale weighed four huudred and fifty-l hree
pounds, and was received and sold by Mrssre.
W. Henry Warren & Co., to Messrs. i!. MV
Bruce & Co, at fifty cents per-pound. It ia
. fett ?r?cIc.^ostito ?oijalis?, SSifc.
-i^i. * 3??r?2 ?fi-aasa PE3??SJ .
Foreign News. - - ~ .
. . LONDON, Adgusf 24.
The war has ended for the present, bot the
eeling in Austria is peace for the present hut
varin^tne future to re-establish her supre
nacj in'Germany.
v V> * PRAGUE, Augnst 24.
The most.perfect concord exists among the
Plenipotentiaries assembled' here, and the
treaty'of peace'though not jet signed, is a c
certainty and dews of it is hourly expected. ?
. ' BERLIN, August 24.
The'Prusfcian Chamber of Deputies voted a
congratulatory address to the King for the
successful results of the war.' There were
twenty-five negatives? Poles and Catholics.
PARIS, August 24.
The.Emperor firmly refused . the JEJinprjeaa.
of Mexico assistance for Maximilian on the
grounds of keeping good faith with^hjeTJn?tedr?
States, concerning his engag?meriito w?&dr?w '
the French troops from,that country^:-. '-"'
... LONDON, Safttrday^Angnst 25th\-Noon.
Advices have.beenTeceive?fo
circles -here, anntttinciDg that a. treaty of ?
peace between the contending pewfrsof Prus
sia, Italy and Austria and ??avaritt, /was con
cluded by the Plenipotentiaries ni session at
Prague, on Thursday last. The treaty.was
officially signed by the Plenipotentiaries "bn~
behalf of their ?esp?ctive- Governmentalen
the same day; Among the 'provisions orM&e
treaty if one?that f he troops now at different ,.
points ?hair evacuate their position's and wr' ~
tire to their respective thornes within three
weeks.
VIENNA, August.25.
?t is officially announced.that the Emperor
Francis Joseph has granted a new Constitu
tion .and Ministry to.Hungary....... .
-, PARIS, August 25.
Before the treaty of p?acV waa.signed'fce
tweeu Prussia, Austria, Italy and'Bavaria,
Austria'unr eservedly ceded'Venetia to Italy. '
The Empress Carlotta will not return to - '
Mes ico, and it is conceded that ' the Empire*''
in,that country is approaching its end..
LIVERPOOL, Saturday, Aug't 25i?^Eyening.
.Cotton market .rules steady ; quotations un-. -
altered-,- sales 8,'OOG- bales Mid^g^pl?nds,
closing at 13$. Breadstuff market duU, owing
to'favorable weather, and-prospects for crops. .
Prices of Fereign .cereals have a declining
tendency. Provisions.unaltered.
FLORENCE," August 23.
Victor Emanuel'has issued ? decree-pro-c .
claiming amnesty to air pofitical exil?s and"
prisoners throughout Italy and his dominions.
The decree includes Mazzini and others of
lesser prominence. * - t?Em'?r>s&*
. ', The report that Garibaldi was abont resign
ing, or that his resignation had been tendered
to the King, is denied by;t?ose.wBoseposition
would place them in possession of such a fact.
MILITARY ARREST.-The first case of ar-,
rest under G?n?ral Grant's order, directing :
the military lo act where the civil authorities"
Jail to do so, is reported by the Atlanta pa
pers. Mr. James M. Lacky, a highly'respec
table citizen of Bar tow County, was arrested
.at Carterville about a,week ago, by order
of General Thomas; and taken under guard
."to. Atlanta. Mr. Lacky, it appears, hadas-*
sa?lted a gentleman from /Atlanta, who "was
at Carterville, in business, and the ci vii au
thorities there failed to arrest Mr. Lacky.. The
gentleman complained to General Thomas,
who had Mr. Lacky" arrested! He has bien
-turned over to."the civil autfiorities. ''
A SHOWER OF GOLD-A poor young man
named Judah Manheim, living at Natchez,
Miss., has recently become possessed of a
fortune of half a million. A letter from. Nat
chez says : ?c He came here without a cent of
. money about one month ago". " It appears that
Muring t':e war he did many favors lor an old
man from England, who was on a visit to this
country, and since-the man has gone home be
has been taken sick and died, and in his-will
be leaves this young man, Manheim, a for
tune of five hundred thousand dollars. . The
young man leaves here in a few days" for
Liverpool, to get his money."
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We have been pleated to learn, fremihe
Columbia Phanix, that the report of the murder,
of two young ladies, (daughters of Rey^jTobn A.
Porter, of the Methodist Church,).near Doko, in
.Fairfield District, was without foundation,
gSr-J^t Washington correspondent ot. tho
Baltimore Ain-writes : " General Daniel E. 8ickles
has been tendered the colonelcy of the 'Second
Colored Infantry, with the rank of brevet briga
dier general in the regular army. It is stated
that he has declined the appointment." -.
??3~ Almost all the religious Conventions re
cently held in thc South have adopted measures
for the education of freedmen.
^5?* The concert at Bunston, Texas, for the
beneCt of thc family of General A. S. Johnson,
was a complete success. Tho proceeds were fully.
$800. f
Geatlomon whohavo been through central
Mississippi, reporttho cotton crop a failure, and
the corn ls not worth gathering. Rain ia'much
needed in that section, of the country. The worm
has also made its appearance in Louisiana, near.
Vicksburg. <
fST Pierce Butler, of Philadelphia, is perso
nally tejting tho differences between slaves sod
freed labor, on his rice plantations in Georgia. Of
moro* than thrco hundred! colored persons^ once
hrs slave?, nil but a fow haye returned -and ac
cepted the wages he has offered them.
jf?l* A Southern millionaire married au irish
servant girl at - Charlestown, Massachusetts, on
Saturday, becanso she nursed him faithfully and
?uccessiuily'-througlc a recent illness at a Boston
hotel.
^Sf* A cow was recently drowned by a mud
turtle near Ogdensbarg. She had gone'in the
water tc- , drink, when the turtle fastened to her
noso,-.and held it so long under water as to suffo
cate the cow.' -
??f*, A terrific explosion occurred nt the mouth
of Dog Uiver, near Mobilo, on Friday/'last, which
startled tho denizens of that neighborhood: Upon
investigation it was discovered that a fiat-boat had
biioke loose and driftedon a torpedo, which ex
ploded ?nd sent thebargo "higher than a kite."
The 'ol?. torpedoes -haye" sustained* no. damage
from their.long inmersi?n.
tS?" Govornor. Marshall, of Mississippi, has
called tte Legislature of Mississippi tn meet in
special session on the 15th of Ostober io reviEc tho
legislation of the late regular session. ?'
On Friday last, ea Dr. Mitcholl? of St.
^seph, was standing near Marke^Square, in that
etty, he waa startled by a swarm of bees settling
on hiB hat' Ho permitted thom to settle, and
hired them: Ho was offered ten .dollars for bis
pets, but declined the offer.
?ST* Tho Prosidont ha? officially announced to
Hamilton that ho ia. roliovc'd of his position'aS
Provisional Governor of Texas, the affairs cf {hat
State baring been-remitted to the constitutional
au?iorilics, chosen by tho people (a*er?of?
?StsA Saratoga letter flays: Thcro arebuttwo
or >thrco beauties. ^ One we had ateaitb.il/ adialred
from corners and behind newspapers, but when,
to day af dinner, aho put both elbows on the,tablo,
and gnawed her corn from-tbo car, we wept tears
fer tho-betrayali'f onr hopes, and gave her np.
t^* Dr. Craven's book on " Tho Prison Life of
Jeff. Davis" has been republished in London.
ty QueenYicterii mriiferted^orroy^indig.
nation ata iudytfor appearing at court-in-a Very
low necked dre**; by ordering her never to preaent
herself again.
Office Columbia & Augusta R. ll. Co.,
AUGUSTA, Ga., August Stn, 1866.
An instehaent.of.-Temper cont, upon all Sub-,
seriptions mado to tho Capital Stock of this
Company ?ince the first of last September, is
due and pnyabla attila Office on the&?^d?y of
September I860.
' Sj order of tho Bor.rd.of Directora.
WM. CRAIG,
; ^SeVry 4 Treas. C. * A R:fc*Ce.
Augusta;, Aug U . . lm ?3
Religious Notice. V
Thc Edgoflold Baptist Association will^old ita
joxt mtetiJg with the Little Stevena7 Creek
3hnrch, eleven miles North of Edgefield'C. H.,
mSaUmuvr before the 2d SundaylnSeptembex.
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