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Mr. Sherman passionately retorted that Mr. Sumner's language was unparliamentary, un gentlemanly and false. These sentiments were echoed by Mr. Chandler, and Mr. Sumner was characterized a5 foul-mouthed by Mr. Fessenden. The abuse grew out of thc discussion of an amendment which proposed to strike out the pay of Southern officers. In the Senate, the Bill authorizing the con struction of a bridge across the Missouri River to Fort Leavenworth was referred to the Military Committee. The Educational Department Bill was passed, and goes to the President. The Bill allowing the officers of the iron clad Minutomah to receive presents from the Emperor of Russia was passed! The Postmaster-General was ordered to re port whether Contractor A. G. Carter, of Stanton, Vi., ?X)ald take the test ont h. The Bill temporarily increasing the com pensation of army officers was passed. The consideration of the Civil Appropria tion Bill was resumed. A discussion again took place on the question of paying unquali fied agents in tLn Soa;h. Mr. Chandler as serted that Daniel Voorhecs was McCulloch's Secretary iwl agent. * Mr. Hendricks interrup'ed Chandler by as serting that the statement was untrue. An amendment was adopted providing for the payment of officers of the Treasury up to August, 1866. The Bill was pas-cd, afior which the Senate took a rec -ss. In the House, Mr. Raymond'3 Anti-Canada Confederation Resolution was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The Indian Appropriation Bill was referred to the Committee of Conference. The Committee on Foreign Relations will not report on Mexican Affairs. At half-past two to-day, Mr. Morrill said he would make a last cflort for the Tariff BUL He moved a suspension of the rules so as to enable him to bring the matter before the House. Some half dozrii efforts were made, but failing in every case to obtain the required two thirds vote, the House took a recess. WASHINGTON, March 1. The Senate considered the President's mes sage vetoing the Bil) for the admission of Col orado as a State. and,upon the question being put-M Shall the Bill pas*, the President's ob jrctions to tho contrary notwithstanding?" it was passed by a vote of 29 yeas lo 19 nays. The latter are Messrs. Backalew, Cowan. ??avis, Dixon,Doolittle, Edmonds,Fessenden, i"..ster, Grimes, Harri--, Hendricks, Johnson. McDougal, Morgan, Nesmit b. Norton, Pat terson and Saulsbuiy. The consideration of ;he Tax Bill was re ruined, and an amendment proposing to re move the tax now laid uj>on cotton was lost b_\ a tic vote. An amendment was then adopted redados; the tax to two cents per pound. The Senate'? amendments '0 the Bill were generally unim portant. A recess wa3 then taken. The House sat in Committee of the Whole oh the Deficiency Bill, which involves the ap propriation of eleven millions of dollars. Iis details elicited a healed debate. A provision excluding all claims from those why participa tod in tie rebellion was adopted. An appropriation for the White House was rejected. An amendment was o?ered to appropriate fifty thousand dollars for Libera. A proposi lion was made to withhold that sum until white men were allowed to vote in Liberia. It created gre?t mirth. The whole matter was then indefinitely postpoued. The proceedings %re of a very dilatory character. All appropriations contemplating the im provements of streets in Washington Ci y have been lost. The President has is-ued a Proclamation declaring Nebraska to be a State in the Union Thc Senate confirmed John B. Waltham as Postmaster at Lynchburg, Virginia. There were about sixty rejections. Thc Veto of thc Military Bill. WASHINGTON, March 2. SENATE-The Bankrupt bill wa3 passed and goes to the President. Thc Foreign Committee reported adversely to thc resolution to protect the rights ot Americans in Mexico, and thc enforcement of claims of American investments in Mexi c tn bonds. The conference report retiring compound interest notes was adopted. It provides (cr the issue of three per cent. loan certificates, of which fifty millions only Hhall bc out standing. Tenuie of office veto was read. The bill was pass?e, notwithstanding, by 35 to ll. The Senate went into executive session. Hocse.-The proceedings were not general ly interesting until the reception of the mes sage at two o'clock. Thc galleries were jammed. The President says, in effect, that he has examined the bill to provide a more efficient government for rebel States with that care which its transcendent importance awakens. He is unable to assent thereto. Reasons are so grave that ke hopes the state ment thereof may influence patriotic and en lightened men. The bill places ten States under military rulers. Ile combats the pre amble. His information shows that the peo ple of the United States are re organizing their governments on the tasis of peace. The face of the bill shows its object to be not peace. After thc States adopt measures notoriously objectionable, representation may be allowed without any reference (assurance?) ol the se curity cf life or property. The preamble's excuso f Jr the bill ia admit ted by the bill to be false. Military rule is to be established not for the prosecution of crime, but for the enforcement and adoption of odious Jaws of measure in character, has a scope of .object without precedent or authority. It palpably conflicts with the Constitution; is destructive of blood-bought liberty; the po* er given a Brigadier General is that of an absolute monarch ; his will is law ; determines the rights of pe.sou and property ; disposes of lands and goods within his district ; makes his own criminal code. Everything js crimi nal ~hich he demonstrates crime; ever}' per son guilty ; whom ho condemns : keeps no record ; need make no report ; can break up courts; make judges and jurors criminals; his Military Courts of his own making, and ?he officers of them from his subordinate-?, ?os^ad of mitigating the harshness of a sin gle ruin, such courts would divide responsibil ity*, ?aaitfftg it more cruel and unjust ; several provisions dittatetLby humanity introduced ia the bill to restrain officers is imperative. Each ojBScer may define u cruelty'' according to his om temper. The gag, the lash, the -ball and chain lie within bis choice. A milita ry eommandei, under tho provision* of tbjs ?ill, may coodemn to death without trial, thus avoiding Executive sanction. The authority given officers amounts to absolute despotism, aggravated by the pwer to ?efegate despotism to subordinates, the bill declaring tbat he shall punish or cause to be punished. Tris power has been denied the English kin? -, for five hundred years ; in all that time that people speaking the English language have borne DO such servitude. It reduces the population of ten States, regardless of color, sex or condi tion, and strangers within their limits, to ab ject degrading slavery. It may be answered, officers are just and humane." Doubtless they are equally so with other classes, batthe history of the world is written vainly if failing to *how the danger of unrestrained authority, is almO;t invarially tyrannical, when the ruh r (a stranger) is appointed by an unfriendly power. It was tried in Hungary and Poland, resulting in sufferings, which aroused the sympathy of the world. lu Ireland, though tempered by the principles of English law, it begot indignation and denounced cruelties. The French Convention, arming deputies with similar powers, sent them to the depart ment. Massacres, murders and atrocities fol lowed ; an irresponsible deputy never yields what law does not extort. Have we the power to establish and carry this measure into exe cution ? Certainly we are ^iot deriving the authority from the Constitution or acknowl edg ng its limitations. The balance of the message consists in elaborate constitutional arguments embracing copious extracts. The Speaker ruled that two-thirds could suspend tho rules, rendering lillibustering out of the question. The ?bill was passed, yeas 135 ; nays 47. From tho Memphis Bulletin. (Governor Orr, of Seuth Carolina. There was an anniversary bar.qnet of the Chamber of Commerce held at Charleston, S. Cv, a few days ago, at which Governor Orr was present as an" invited guest. Of course the Governor made a Bpeech, and in the course of that speech he made the following remarks: " I say to you, in all frankness, that it is difficult to tell what our political position in 1 the future is to be. Gentlemen from the Southern States, and particularly those from North Carolina, Alab.ima, Mississippi, Ar kansas and Texas, were of the opinion that some scheme that could bp suggested by them might be the means at least of securing the support of tv conservative portion of thc Radical party ; hence the scheme which you have seen presented. It was not supposed that it would be favored by the extremist?, but that it would meet the views cf the more mod erate men in their personal relations. I feel it my duty to say :bat they received me kindly, treated me courteously, and manifested every disposition to have a perfect and complete settlement; but some of those gentlemen, when next they went into the halls of Con gress, would indulge in speeches of the most violent character. My own judgment is, if the Legislature adopt the programme with any degtce of unanimity, if Arkansas acopt this amendment, and if thc other Southern States adopt it, or manifest a disposition to adopt it, it will produce the best results upon a considerable portion of the Radical party, and save the South from many of the propos ed Radical measures. I know a great many of our people arc in favor of folding their arms. They say, we are in the power of these people; let them do as they please. I do not believe in any such doctrine. I am not one of the dignity sort." We presume no one will dispute this last proposition of the Governor, to-wit : That he is M not one of the dignity sort." Not he ! The Governor was in the Confederate Sen ale at the close of the war. We happened to be in Richmond in those terrible days Governor Orr was regarded as a strong sup porter of Mr. Davis, though there were nieu malicious enough to whisper even then that be was looking out for a soft place whereon to fall. Lee surrendered. Govenor Orr was among the very first to hurry on to Wash ngton to get bis pardon. He was successful, and was electpd Governor of bis State-thi Southern States being then disposed to lay bold of available men for office, in the hope that the North might be conciliated. The people were beguiled into electing a number of such men. Governor Wells, o." Louisiana, is a t.otable example. It is these very men who have proved so disastrous to our cause ; these Southern Governors and members ol Congress elect, each with Lis own axe to grind, who have been dancing attendance upon the President and upon both Houses of Congress, trafficking and compromising, with the hope of saving themselves and their places. They are willing to do anything, except only that they must not be thrown overboard. The Constitutional Amendment waa only objcctionoble to them because it disfranchised them aud robbed them of the honors of which they were unworthy. Ol' course thc more honorable of Northern men soon learned to despise such characters. Talk as they may of the traitor aud hts treason, they have more respect for a man who abides by his principles than for one who is willing to traffic them for place. If President John son had stood upon more firm ground from the beginning, and if we bad not Orrs, and Parsonses (of Alabama,) and Wellses, revolv ing around bim like so many satellites around a luminary, which was a "lucus a 7i07?lucendo,'>' our difficulties would, in our judgment, have been settled long before this. Poor Gover nor Orr! he bas met the fate that so many renegades have met before bim-he is spurned by both parties. We can conceive thc disgust with which the ancient Chamber of Com merce of Charleston must have listened to his elegant declaration that " he WHS not oue of the dignity sort," and was ready to eat as much dirt as might be required of bim. In the estimation rf thc Northern people he has fallen still lower. Thc Radical Boutwell, in bis .-peech on Stevens' bill, as amended by the Senate, on the lSth inst., made especial reference to him. He said that " we ought to remove from the business of reconstructing South Carolina, for example, the Orrs, the Pickonses and the Magraths, and all these men who participated in the rebellion," etc. We must confess that we are one of those unwise, impracticable men denounced by Gov. Orr, who is in favor of doing nothing in the present. crisis, for two reasons ; the first is, that humiliation will do us no goud, and the second is that T?O are not " one of the humili. ation sort," to paraphrase Governor Orr's classical expression. We have but little left save our honor, and we are in favor ot main taining this. It is one thing to submit pa tientlyto tho yoke of power, another to court the yoke aud assist the despot to put it upon our necks. We may be old fashioned in this, but some old fashions are better than new ones.- We hope that Gov. Orr will change his mind when he makes his next speech, and put on a little of that dignity which, we can not, help thinking, should belong to the de scendants of the old cavaliers-ragged obi vagabonds, as many of them were. THE RELIEF FOR SOUTHEKN PLASTERS. The project which we mentioned some days since for obtaining loans in this city on the acceptances of Messrs. Graeser, Lee, Smith & Co., cotton fuctors, of Charleston, secured by first liens on the crops of planters to whom advances should be made, under the laws of South Carolina, we learn, is being entertained t) such extent by some of our capitalists and?1 business men as will probably ensure encour a^ing success. Soma subscriptions have been made in influential quarters, and the measure will be further prosecuted-among tue busineos c .immunity. The money is desired oiiiefly for supplying provisions for the laborers on the cotton plantations, without which the crops for the present year must be meagre in the extensive Sumter District, where the blacks are now found abundantly willing to work. Baltimore, by reason of her steam ship lines, can be made the market or fitiul shipping point for thc cotton of that region, and all such measures as this irjust tend to secura the trade and make this the point of supply for thc planters now and hereafter, -Ballimore Sun. -? ?- s THE NEW CUSTOM II o rs E.-The Collecto of the Port has succeeded in getting an ap propriation of $30,000, in addition to the $10,000 appropriated last year, for the pur pose of improving tho new Custom House, and placing it inhabitable condition. The Committee of Appropriations in the House bave added this additional amount to their bill, which passed that body, and the Collec tor has received the assurance of Senator? hat the appropriation will be pawed io toe Senate^taleaion Coorie* " THE ADVERTISER JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, MAR. G, 1807. Mount Tabor. We have koon requested to announce tliat the - Rev. A. W. ASBILL will preach at Mount Tabor on Sunday noxt, tho 10th inst. Tho Members of the Church, both malo and female, aro earnestly 8olocited to bo in attendance on that day. Very Low. Corn Meal, Ac, at GEO. T. JACKSON A Co's., Augusta. Bead their advertisement in another column, and note the reduction of tho price of Corn Moal from $1.50 to $1.45 per bushel. This firm authoriie us to announce to the public that it is their inter lion henceforward to sell Meal to the country, by -.he quantity, at tho price of Corn for the same quantity. That is, they will soil 20, 30, or 50 Bushels of good Meal for exactly the same price at which 20, 30, or 50 Bushels of good Corn can be bad in tho Augusta market Spring Term of Court. The Spring Term of our Court commonccd on Monday last. His Honor, FRAXKLIS J. MOSES, of Sumter, ono of the last elected Law Judges, presides. He is tho guest of Ex-Gov. PiCKSKS. Such a veteran jurist as Judgo MOSES of courso wears the nbes of office with perfect ease and sclf-possessii n. This is his first appearance in Edgefiold. His ability and courtosy will un doubtedly w n for him great popularity with the Bar and.witb thc people. Tboro was a full attendance of Grand and Petit Jurors at th j opening of tho Court. Dr. R. T Mnis was appojntod Foreman of tho Grand Jury' On Mondar, the Solicitor, L. F. YocyaKS, Esq. submitted tv the Grand Jury only two indict ments; in ono of which-the State against STID H AM for tho^iilling of SHAIIPTOK-a truo bill was found. Absence of witnesses, wo believe, pre vented his giving other bills of indictment to tho Grand Jury. If wc mistake not, three cases of murder or homieido maj como before thc present Court. His Honor, in his address to the Grand Jury, lamcuted that he could not congratulate them upon the political or material prosperity of thc country. II?: paid a deserved tribute to the gal lantry H\? self-sacrifice which had beon exhibited by our tinie-aonored District in the late war; and expressed tho hope that her citizens, in tho same manly spirit, would yield a ready icquiescenco in the result, nrd endearor to mnko thc best of tho situation. ladcod he cxhorUd the hater earnest ly to upnold in every way tho arm and officers of the Law. Ho reminded the Grand Jury that as tho grand inquest of tho District, it was their duty to carefully superviso tho condition of the Poor House, of tho Public Offices, of tho Public Roads. The greater part of tho first day was taken up in calling th's Summary Process Docket; *he number of ciS':s upon it is very large. As we go to p/"? on Tuesday, socond day of thc Term, wo will not, tm'.il our next, be nble to give a fuller account of tu-? proceedings of the present Court. Thc Military Government Reconstruc tion Rill. The Thir.y-Ninth Congress of tho United States cndcl on Monday last, March 4th, at noon. On Saturday, March 2nd, tho President sent to the I.'ouso of Representatives his Voto of the Shorman Military Bill; that Bill which con signs us aim ist entirely to tho merry of military tyrants, disfranchises nenrly all of our people, en franchises the negroes, and deprives us of most of our civil rights. The House immediately passed tho Bill over tho Veto by i voto of 135 to 147. Up to the noment at which wo write, no mows has reached ns of any further action upon tho said Bill by the Senate. But it msy bc fairly pre sume 1 that by Monday at noon this villainous and vindictive Bill became a law. And if so, it will take fffcr-t, we suppose, immediately. Thc military macbinery of the law will soon bc putin oper ttioa ; :.nd henceforth,-until we agreo to worso things,-wc shall bo under thc complote, absolute and irreponsiblc control of little Briga dier General?, whose sovereign will is to be their sole law. But if by some Radical mischance, this Bill did not become a law before tho expiration of thc Thirty-Ninth Congress, then thc work will have to bo gone over again. In another column will be found a sort of sy nopsis of President Johnson's veto me!sage. Thank Goa that at this critical juncture in thc history of th : country, we have a President wiso and brave enough-though that wisdom and bra very seem ur availing thus fur-':o stem the fa natical clauur which threatens to drown forever the voice of reason and patriotism, and which, at prosent, overrides all law and all right. Crush thc Spark before it Rursts forth into a Devouring Flame. There is aD all-important subject upon which our Town Council should now bestow very serious thought. And after serious thought, we cannot doubt that they will wake up to serious action. Wo say noir, because wo know that tho Town Council hav? at proscnt considerable funds on hand, and art in a condition therefore to take hold of tho* matter. We mean the organizing of a Fire Department. Or rather-for " Fire Department" may seem a somewhat ambitious phraso for so small a place as Edgcficld-the repairing of the Fire Engine we now have, thc getting of now Hose, the put ing of tho Cistern in order, and thc forming of a Fire Company. A few hundred dol lars could not possibly bo moro wisely applied than to this great purpose of public weal. For years wo hav ; mourned over tho destruction of lives and property by fire; destruction which might have bi en prevented by wiso forethought readiness, preparation, on tho part of tho Town Council and the community generally. The tol ling of bells at midnight and tho hoarse cry of fire is appalling enough at host. But it is a great mitigation indeed when helpless women and chil dren know thc t somo human aid is at hand. To enum?rale the advantages of a well organ ized -.nd enorf ctic Fire Department, however, and to urgo at grout length reasons why so important a matter should no longer bo noglccted, seems to us a very unnecessary multiplying of words. These advantages and this importance must bc, at once an 1 al fays, apparent to even the simplest and most unreisoning mind. As to the possibility of gotting up a sturdy and reliable Fire Company ' Edgefiold, there need bc no doubt on thatpoint. lt the Town Council will repair the Engine, (which is said- to bo a very, good ono,} put the Cistern in ordor, and buy new Hose, tho grout desideratum will have been at tained. Thon women and children can sleep with a greater sensn of security. And then-what is of moro importance rtill-citizons and merchants can insure their dwellings aud storehouses upon infinitely botte/ terms. Tho strong md protective arm of the Town Council should undoubtedly bo stretched-forth for tho public fufe.y. And if it bo necessary, lot our citizons generi.lly come forward, animi* opibut que paran', anl usc their best endeavors to effect tho great improvement wo suggest. All Void-A New Idea. Commenting on the preomblo of tho Congres sional reconstruction bill, which declares that "no legal State Governments exist in the rebel States of North Carol na," Ac, tho Nen/ York Journal of j Commerce says : "If there bo no legal State Governments, then everything donB in tho Legislature or courts, or in any other departments of theso Governments, aro void. The judgments obtained in their courts arc void ? the criminals confined in their prisons, by sentenco prc nounced in tho 8tato courts, are entitled to immediate discharge There must bo a general jail delivery. These arc the necessary consoquences ot illegal State Governments." We regtot to learn that thc well known publish'ng houss of W. B. Smith A Co., Raleigh, have fa:led. Tlieir liabilities aro heavy. They were the publishers of th?- Southern Field and Firetide, ando! other literary paper? and perlodi " One Of the Dignity Sort." Gov. Olin's "asseveration in his late speech be fore tho Charleston Chamber of Commerce, that "he was not one of tho dignity sort" has already becomo a pat and stereotyped phrase. An article elsewhere,in to-day's paper, from the Memphis Bulletin, speaking of how little tho said speech has helped, or will help, Gov. Ona either in tho South or North, alludes to tho declaration made very lately in CoDgrcss hy the Now England Radical, Boutwell, that " wo ought to remove from tho bu siness of rcconsti Ming South Carolina, the Onus, tho PICKKNSES, tho MACIIATHS, and all those men who participated in thc rebellion." Now let no one jumble up tho matter, ind got into his head that our distinguished fellow-citizen, Ex-Gov. PicicESS, is also "not one of the dignity sort." On tho contrary, Ex-Gov. P. is, as ho has always been, emphatically "one of tho dignity sort." He belioves in no State or District meet ings, or Conventions of thc People, or Extra Ses sions of tho Legislature, for the purposo of help ing on the Ralicals iu the work of reconstruction. Ile thinks it well to submit patiently to the yoko, since wo are powerless to resist it ; but ho does nut think it well " to court the yoke and assist the despot to put it upon our necks." Another One Who Spits Upon Dignity. Ex-Governor JOSEPH E. Bnowx of Goorgia Thls prominent and influential citizen of our sis ter State has recently returned from Washington, whore he hugger-muggered in a. Furt of miscella neous manner with politicians of all creeds and colors; and has addressed to certain citizens of Atlanta a vory long and very elaborate lotter upon, the present political 6tatus of tho country. The sum and substance of this long letter is advice to tho people of Georgia to hasten ta becomo partic ipators in the degradation and humiliation which is sought to be imposed upon thom by tho Radical Legislation of the present Congress. Ir has cre ated wide sensation, and received from many leading papers of Georgia very decided condem-. cation. Governor Bnow.v may roly upon it that no matter how his letter be received at the North, his manhood and his motives will bo uni versally suspected throughout tho South. Local. Monday last was Sale-Day in Court week. Wo had hoped that on this occasion tho local news fountains, which havo long heen as " dry as sum mer's dust," would bc broken up, and that item? would flow iu upon us in an overwhelming stream. But not so. A larder crowd of people was present than we havo seen sinco 18G0; butin saying that, we oiy all. Nothing of importance happened. No lively or arr enees, no moving ac cidents. Thc day was quiet and uneventful. The hotels, wo aro told, had an unprecedented run of business. In looking for an item, wo peeped into tho lux uriously furnished boudoir of ono of our young lawyors-an unmarried wretch. And ventured to hint, in a somewhat scornful tone, that the tapestry enrpot and mahogany furniture w.-re lamontahly thrown away in such an unhallowed place. We received this good reply for our pains' " What aro you talking about? Bccauso aman is unmarried, is it any reason he should be a dog f Gardening is in tho liveliest progress. Green peas aro exulting ; rabbits moro exulting. Apro pos of green peas. Did you ever hoar Judge GAXT'S anecdoto abt-ut his old mother and the English peas? Mr. DCBISOI Scu'r. told it tous ibo other day. Judge GAST said that as carly os Christmas, his mother would begin to exclaim in an irrepressible manner : " Wc must get in the English peas! Wo must j>o$iticc/i/ got in thc English peas !" Then in ?bout three weeks, it was: " Thu English peas inust bc stuck ! It can't be put off a day longor ! Tho English peas mutt bc stuck !" Aud then when thc peas came, and three messes, at furthest, had been oaten, it wad : "The rest must bo saved for seed ! lt will noQ-'r do to pick anothor uno ; wc wot/: havo a seed for r.ext year!" Well, that is our experience exactly. Only more to ! For our oil Mr?. OANT baa nn extra performance between lin: planting and the slick ing ; and this is called the " Rabbit Fcn*o." This is made of striugs twisted upon stakes aronnd^r?? entire bed. It is a good thing. But with us, its erection is a season of toil and horror. 1 fr? la Bagatelle ! And now nothing remains to vbut thc weather -imperishable and perennial subject. F^r more than throe weeks past, thc weather has been of the most thin-muslin and pear-h-blussoni character. Thc peach aud plum trees aro in thc fullest hey day. And thooldpcoplc are predicting that we shall have no more cold or frost this season. They argue from certain "iuf.iilible signs." Nature, perhaps, is about to confers her guilt, aud, by her prodigality thc coming summer, atone for her past remissness. Heaven grant it may bo so. A Reasonable Request. Thc Richmond Enquirer closes an editorial as follows: "Wc entreat the men of tho North take counsel of their own knowledge ofhumon nature to consul: their interests-to remember their oaths and engagement--in their dealings with thc South. If they will not admit us to our privi lege; at Washington, at least leave us to pence in our local aflYirs. Let the Samson whom they havo captured and whoso eyes they have put out, be useful in the mill, instead of making of him an occasion of general calamity." The Price of Representation. Wc will not insult thc people of Georgia (says the Chronicle tfc Sentinel,) by asking them to open their mouths and take into 'Lcir bowols tho abomination contained in the last pill compounded by tho political quacks at Washington. If our peo ple were mean enough to bid for representation on such debnsing conditions, they have no guar anteo that additional degrading terms will not be exacted. Wo aro call .d on to delivor up to out lawry and political martyrdom the best and pures", men in tho South, and to send to Congress crea tures who can tako tho test oath, and swear that they set their faces against our people in tho day , of trial. This would bo placing thc brand of in famy on our own brows. Military despotism, or any other rule, would bo preforablo to such an alternativo as that presented in the Sherman pill. If degradation and torture aro in store for us, let not our peoplo voluntarily aid in tho infliction, but let tho ; .arno of such a monstrous iniquity fall upnn its instigators and, authors. Dirt, dirt, and when wo h. vo swallowed it nil, and ostracized tho represen\\tivo men of the South, what will it avail us? Who aro to supply tho places of tho representativo mon of this generation ? What character of men aro to occupy tho Executive, legislativo and judicial positions in our Stato ? Who aro to rcprosent us in Congress? Thcso in terrogatories arise in" reading over the provisions of this last wicked and desperate enactment of | Congress, and, wo but express tho opinion of our people, when wa sny that Georgia cannot purchaso representation on tho terms proposed. It is a farce and mockery upon tho States, and OUT poo plo cannot fill thc Bill. Thank Heaven Georgi ans will never voluntarily consent to bo Insulted nnd debasod by a Brownlow, a Morse, or a Bry ant. Military despotism is far preferable to rep resentatives of this Ftripe, and it is only creatures of this character who aro eligible to offices of | honor and trust ander thc proposed amendment. Save us from the affliction. tasF* A young man in Pittsburg has made a will, leaving $3,000 to his botrothod. His sister, wp'i whom ho resides, refuses to grant tho lovers an interview, because she will get but SI,OOO. IftSS" Thc Columbia Phoenix of Friday says: " We are informed by a gentleman who carno up on the Augusta train on last evening, that a Indy at Bamberg, yesterday, gave birth to four children -all boys. Tho youngsters were doing well when tho train carno by." The Paris correspondent of the Loxdon Gazette, wriliug on February 8th, says: "Jamos Stephens, lato Fenian Head Centre, ba? just nr rived in France by tho 17//e de J'ari*. It may bo that bo is sbiTt r f funds, fur ho crossed tho Atlantic as a secoDd class passenger, but he en deavored to keep dark, and may, therefore, ?till j ho ?oBiidccvd M ? ?esapintor." - Go Thou and Do Likewise. WHAT INDUSTRY WILL Lo.-Under this he thc Waco (TcxasJ Segitter has the followin Last yearn youngman living near this plai Albert Scars, rented a picco of good land, hir one good old freedman, and with his own han went to work to cultivate the soil. Ho work manfully and well. And now for tho fruit* his industry: ho has gathorcd twenty-four bal of cotton, two thousand bushels of corn, ai made four hundred gallons of "molasses from sc gum. He has also some pork to sparc He h sold sixteon hundrod bushels of corn, for $1,2 in gold, obtained throe hundred dollars tiri molasses, and his cot'on ii good for $1,800 .no -making in all S3,OOO. Ile was at some tritli: czi'-ensc during cotton picking time . And tho instance contained in tho abovo pai graph is not tho only one of the kind wo ha read lately. Supposo that every young man this State, or any other Stato, who is withe capital and without employment should purs the same couv?c. AV hat a change would specdi bc wrought in tho financial condition of thc pc plc of tho South. Nothing in tho world is so ci eulated to elevate tho tone of young men th money in their pockets camed by their own ho eat toil. A maa becomes his ownmastor, and t master of h?3 own destiny, when he once learns win his own livelihood, and learns to look to tb ability as hi? main capital for this life. Mon in a young man's pocket which ho ha3 not carne and would not know how to rcplaco were ho lose it, is a very Questionable endowment. Wc call then upon all tho young mon of o Stato who arc not making their own living resolve to do so at once. And wo call upon the to rely upon the productions of the soil, and up their own labor in raising those production?, mo than upon anything else. Let law, andmedicir and merchandize, and clerking, and all su things, alono. These walks of life ere alrcai thoroughly overcrowded. Keep away from tow and cilios. When young men apply for cmplo ment in towns and cities, nine times out of t they fail, have the cold shoulder given them 1 busy and hurried men, get their feelings morl Kio lose thoir senso of independence, waste th* money at hotels, and depart to still follow, other places, thc tijrnti fal?n? of "getting in business." Quit all thir, and call upon mother earth f employment. She will not turn you away. SI will weleomo you to her thousands of broad ai fortilo acres, aud will reward you in precise pr portion to tho inJustry, skill, oncrey thc pors verence you invest. Sho will watch you wi grim patience during thc winter, she will gi you a sweet smile :s the spring, sho will lau; with you in the summer, and sho will open h bountiful hnn?.i to you in the autumn. There no danger of failing of certain and rcmuncrati employment in this direction. Ability and w lingness to work arc thc enly qualifications ncc ed. In thia way tho wholo country will becot prosperous, and overy individual maa will becot independent. Unemployed young men, think i theau things. -? ? ? ??f* It is said that General Grant and Gene al Sherman and Secretary Stanton will so mana, thc Military Government that it shall bc as mi as possible. jEff- The West Virginia Legislature is tonsi ering tho propriety of requiring all editors take the oath. Don't put any superfluous lat on your statute books, gentlemen. If the duti of his profession don't make an editor swear, la) will bo powerless. jjSBr It is said that Senator Doolittle, of Wi consin, will retain bis seat, taking tho grour that to obey tho voice of tho Legislature wou set an unwise precedent. Tho Concordia {Lt.) Tuttlligenetr, of tl 9th, says : "From the manner in which our plat tors arc working, they seem to have no fear of bad season. Tho ncgroei back in thc swam]) wo learn, arc putting themselves to theftr t;is) cheerfully, and their employers have no cause i complaint." Z?f- Thc Meryl mil Republicans arc very get orally Eigning a petition asking tho Uuitcd Stat? Senate not to admit Gov. Swann tu a scat in th: body in March, asserting that he secured hisulci lion through corruption and fraud, (tor. Swan will doubtless share Stockton's fate, and bo " his cd" out of his. fj?W We seo it stated that ladies in Indiani who wear numbers 7, S and 0 hoots, and who ai largely in the mujorlty, arc opposed to tho shoi dress style. ?-TT" Hon. Hubert Toomba has arrived home i Georgia fru'u Europu. Our exchanges through thc Middle an Western States give very favorable reports of tl wheat crop. Thc prospect at luis season of th your was never better. $$3~ A revolting act of barbarism took plac at Unstonc. England. Two d-ivers, whibt in half drunken state, quarrelled and fought. On of them, in attempting t.j strangle bia oppnneri by twisting his neckerchief, forced thc tongue ou of his mouth and bit about half of it off. j5?3~ A Mobile paper invites the "Yankees" t rome South and settle. As a rejoinder, an cz change urges thc Southerners to come North an settle-some of their unpaid d?lits. /Z-?Y" A hotel out West, in disposing of its o]i furniture, advertises a largo assortment of goo? tooth-bruohes at a bargain. p-ir A negro man cut thc throat of a Mrs Vincent, near Opulika one day last week. Il was followed by the neighbors to Opelika, wher. ho refused to surrendor, and defied bis pursuers when he was shot. ?ST Four hundred and forty dollars were for warded from Ncwbern, N. C., for the relief of th< family of Jefferson DavU. This sum wai raisei by thc exertion* of two Ncwbern ladies-Mrs. F, C. Hobert3 and M Us Harriet Lane. ^?D~Tbe receipts for customs are now averag ing, according to thc returns of the Treasury De partment, about fourmillions per week ingold, while tho internal rcveuuo receipts arc averaging about three millions per wee!, in currency. ZST Tho man who imagined himself wise be cause ho detected some typographical errors in a nuw.-paper, has gone eastward to get a perpendic ular view of thc rainbow. ' CS?" Weak doses of washboard aro now recom mended to ladies who complain of dyspepsia ! Young men troubled in the same way may be cured by a strgng preparation of woodiaw. psi* An exchango soys that it is just ns sensi ble a niovo to uudortnko to get married without courtship as to attempt any business without ad vertising; both often provo abortive. Jeff. Thompson, tho cx-Confidcratc General, mado a spoech and assisted in singing tho " Star Spanglod banner" at a recent banquet in St. Louis. SOUTHERN MILITIA TO BE DISHANDKD.-Thc militia organizations of thc Southern Slates are to be disbanded by thc first of Congress. Wilson hns j .rsistentlv hammered at the sub jcet in thc Senate until he has finally suc ceeded. Ile charges that this militia wear Confederate uniforms, carry " rebel" Hags, and patrol the country disarming Union men. Ho professes to huvo thc best authority for these statements ; but after making thc as sertion which he did a few nights ago, that eighteen unpunished murders of freedmen bad occurred in Maryland, during last year (which Hon. Reverdy Johnson promptly con tradicted), his declarations in the present in stance must be received am grano salis. However, as regards thc Southern militia, be has effected his purpose, and a clause was on Tuesday pu in thc Army Appropriation Hill, "by the Senate, ordering thc inmediate dis bandment" of all the militia organizations in the States of thc South, and proliibiting their reorganisation at any time wit beut the con sent of Congress. That the Hou:e will con cur in this there is not the least possible doubt. tS?" It is said that tho Postmaster-Goncral, Mr. Randall, wishes to rotiro from hi? ofice, and that the l'renidont has offered tho place tolloraco Greeley. For somo reason tho Prosidcnt ja?, it seems, become more radical of lato in his appoint- ? menti. Ho found no political strength J? any j . rfiitribttttp? f itiwtf?. * 1 From tho Kicbmond Examiner. Who is Disfranchised. Thc 3rd section of the Constitutional Amendment reads thus : SECTION 3. No person shall bc a Senator or Representative in t Congress, or Elector of President or vice-President or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States or under any Slate, who, having previously ta ken an oath as a number of Congress, or as an officer of the Uuitcd States, or as a mem ber of any Slate Legislature, or as an execu tive or judicial officer of any State, to sup port the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebell ion agaiust the sime, or given aid and com fort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. By the Wilson amendment, the persons dis qualified in the foregoing section from hold ing office, arelikewiso prevented from voting. The Richmond Examiner of Friday gives its version as follows : As we read the third section, any man may be elected to the Legislature. But there is no other position of honor to which the pro scribed classes are eligible. The proscribed classes of Richmond (and c^ery where else : we use Richmond for illustration,) are ali men who at any time previous to the war, no matter how long bpfore, did as officers of any sort, or members of any legislative body, take an oath io support the Constitution of the United States, and who afterwards en gaged in rebellion, or gave "aid and comfort to the.enemies" of the United States. Tho taking of the oath to support the Constitu tion of thc Confederate States and thc hold ing of office under thc Confederate States no matter how high the office, create no disabili ty to vote or hold office arider this section. Neither is any man disqualified fir office by reason of having taken an cath to support the Constitution of the United States and af terwards eugaging in rebellion, &c, provided he did not take said oath as an officer, &c. Lawyers are not disqualified as such, although before the war every one had to take that j oath, but only such-of them are disqualified as had held office. These explanations are made in answer to questions propounded to us. It is supposed there arc about one hun drer! and fifty men in Richmond disqualified bj- thc third section for holding office, and by thc reconstruction bill for voting for mern bers of a convention to form a new Coustilu tion for thc State. They can only be ren dered clirr'ible to office by a vote of two-thirds of each I?0US2 of Congress. All persons who were formerly justices of thc peace, judges, assemblymen, ?c., are disqualified. The enfranchised class con sists of negroes. The bill provides that, whether we ratify the Constitutional Amendment or not, negroes shall hereafter vote for all officers of the "provisional government," as our masters are pleased to term our State governmcut. Negroes however, afc not eligible to office. . It is supposed there will bc about double a> many white as black voters in Virginia. The present Legislature cannot ratify thc amendment. It must be done by a Legisla ture to bc elected under a constitution here after to be framed. Military Government nt thc South. The Cincinnati Enquirer, commenting upon thc passage of the Sherman Eill, says: " The Southern ? people are to be placed under a military vassalage. Can it be t'iat the Northern and Western n en, when they gave their voles to place such men as we see holding a majority in Congress, contempla ted that they would so abuse their power? Du they realize the fact tba;, to keep thc South subjected, a standing army of one hundred thousand men willmot be sufficient? Are they prepared to endure * perpetual sys tem of taxation, under which that of Eng land even appears light? By this act they have convcrtrd thc South into a gigantic Ire land, and an Ireland that will be more trou blcsome in cuse of any foreign imbroglio than tho 'Green Isle5 is to England, for its hate will be solid, compact, and undivided. Hore is a precious j'uut'e to the 'W.ir for the Uni on,' a3 hypocritical a motto ns ever was in vented by liars and snakes. Had such a con summation as this been foreseen, we arc sat isfied that not one in ten o? tho brave men who shouldered a musket foi the preserva tion of an undivided country, out would have been content to embrace the alternative o! certain black journalists, and let thc Union slide. The enslavement of a brave, gallant and impulsive people, however they may have erred, will bo recorded as one of thc mon strosities of the age. The q icstion is nut alone whether the South will eininrc it, for we err if thc manly heart o:' the North is not, indignant at thc outrage upon its old as sociates o? thc early Revolution." THE FIRE AT JACKSON.-Tho Missisitp ?'inn says after thc recent fire in Jacksou had been subdued, the Federal so'dicr-., who bad worked like Tn jans to save property, were drawn up in linc, and were about to march oil* to camp, when the Mayor came forward and addressed them as follows: "SOMMERS cl' THE UxiTtn STATES : Tn the name of tho c-itiz -ns of Jackson, in whose behalf you have so nobly exerted yourselves this day lo rescue 'their property from de struction, 1 tender you their warmest grati tude. Your efforts have been generously ap prccialed, and will never be forgotten. For ?be kind assistance on your part, freely und timely rendered. I again return you the kind est thanks of the city of Jacksou." Al thc conclusion of this address, thc sol diers gave lluee hearty cheers and marched to camp. A GREAT MISTAKE.-Wo -.iow and then, says the Louisville Courier, see exprossion. which imply that the South alone is to be af fected by the various schemes of reconstruc tion, and accordingly, that she should be al lowed to miko up ber mind in the case free from the influence of discussion elsewhere. I'liis is a gt eat misrake. Thc whole country is to bc affected by thc overthrow of the equality of the States which thc various schemes of reconstruction equally involve, while Maryland and Kentucky and M s>ouri and Tennessee arc tu be aUected also ly the immediate sacrifices which thc schemes im pose. Every citizen of the country, no mat ter where be dwells, ia deeply interested in the rejection of these schemes by thc South, and, if he is sensible of his own interest, is bound to exert himself to secure their rejec tion. Tho exertion ii not an impertinence or a liberty but a duty. He cannot neglect it without culpability. FATAL DrEL.-Tho New Orleans Picayune gives the following account of a fatal duel which occurred near that city a few days since : The parties engaged were Messrs. Edward Lefevre and George Genin. Both were young married men.- Genin was accused of taking improper liberties with the lady of Mt. Le fevre during thc dance at thc ball mentioned. Immediately thereafter he was called to ac count by Mr. lt. Mr. Geniu answered tho ac cusations of Mr. Lefevre by an tissault, atid a challenge followed. Prelimina: les were arranged, and Thursday morning both partie? met. At the first fire Lefevre fell dead and Genin mortally wound ed in the ueck. The hitter lingered until yes terday morning when he died. The body of Lefevre was taken to the opposite side of the river by bis friends. Now, thal both parties are dead, wc presume their remains will be brought to thc city for interinen".. Thc whole affair was an unfortunate one. Bulb parties were highly esteemed in- the community, and their tragical death will cause much misery to their families and friends. gSS" Tho New York Times says that advices from Rio Janeiro state that a disturbance had oc curred between tho emigrants in R1a7.il from tho Unitod States. A party of Northerners attacked (ind attempted to burn n saw-mill belonging to tho Southerners. J25&~ Mrs. Vi'i'by kicked a co'iuuctor in tho mouth, nt Erin, Pennsylvania, because that un happy mau would not let herself and husband got on thc train without showing .heir tickets, au exchango thinks ?irs. Wilby has a now way o? tho mos hos tkvlul* Paying Debts. Ono of our religious ?changes has tho follow ing strong remarks on this subject They drivs tho nail in to tho head and clinch it Men may sophisticate as they please. They can never make it right, and all the bankrupt laws in the universo cannot make it right, for then not to pay their debts. There is asin in this neg lect as olear-and -s deserving churo'i disoiplineas in stealing or fabio swearing. Re who violate* his promiso to pay, or withholds the payment of i debt whon it is in his power to moot tho engage ment, ought to foel that in tho eight of all honeit men be is a swindler. Religion may be avery comfortable cloak under which to hido, but if re ligion does not make a man deal justly, it is ne t worth having. 'The 44th U.6. Colored Infantry, under command of Col. Miles, will shortly leave for South Carolina, having been osdored to duty ia that department. Htt??" Governor Goary, of Pennsylvania, accusts the President and General Grant of'morbii clemency ard oonsurable forbearance" towards thc South. HYMENEAL. MAnniED,-on thc 28th February, by Rev. W. L. Hawse, Mr. T. J. PARKS and Miss SALLIE PRINCE, all of this District. From this wedding we roceived a very hand some donation of very handsome cake. We offnr tho happy couple our warmest and most sincere wishes for their future happiness and prosperity, and devoutly pray that theirs may bo " The pure, open, prosperous love, That pledged on earth and sealed above, Grows in the world's approving eyes, In friendship's smile and home's caress Collecting all the heart's sweet ties Into one k lot of happiness." MARRIED, by thc Rev. E. Caughman, on tie 7th Fob., Mr. T. L. BLACK, of Lexington, and Miss SALLY, third daughter of JACOB HILLEK, of Newberry. MARRIED, in Hamburg, on the 20th Feb., by tho Rev. G. H. Pattillo, Mr. M. SALLAT and Mrs. HETHY A. COPE, daughter of Sterling Bennett. <W1 Ti HE Subscriber ha3 just received from Char leston a choice lot of SPRING CALICOES, COTTONADES, SPRING CASSIMERES, JEANS, ?c., suita ble for the Season. Also, SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA, RICE, CHEESE, CRACKERS, SHOVELS, SPADES, HOES and RAKES, With many ctbor useful articles which will bs LOW FOR CASH. B. C- BRYAN, Agent. Mar 5 4t * 10 "GUN POWDER! DELIVERED at all tho Railroad Dcpotf, Steamboat Wharves, and without charge for delivery. QUALITY* WARRANTED Et??AL TO ANY made in this country. PRICES LOW ER than any Powder of equal standing. For sale by CHAS. H. MOISE, No. ??, Hayne Street, Charleston, S. C., Solo Agent in this State for thc celebrated Orange Powder, and Wholesale Dealer in Groceries ami Liquors. Charleston, Mar 4 lm 10 Administrator's Sale. BY an Order from W. F. Durisoe, Esq., Ordi nary fur Edgelield District, I will proceed to sell on FRIDAY, the 13'h March, at the Uti residence of JAMES McCARTY, dee'd., a por tion of thc personal Estate ol'swid deceased, con sisting of THREE OR FOUR GOOD MULES, WORK OXEN, STOCK CATTLE AND HOGS. TWO BALES COTTON, A LOT OF COTTON SEED, CORN, FODDER, PEAS, A SMALL LOT BACON, ONE WAGON, TWO CARTS, ONE BUHGY AND HARNESS, BLACKSMITH TOOLS, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE. And many other articles usually found ou a wei' ? rovided farm. ??3* Terms made known on day of sale. .323** At thc samo time and pince, will bc Rent e<l f jr tho preMnt rear a poJtiou ol'thc L.ind belonging to said deceased. DAVID P. LA GRONE, Adm'r. Marl, :t 10 oi'Soiilfr Carolin?, EDGEF1KLD DISTRICT, /.V EQI'ITY. Wilson Holston } Bill to Marsha VJ > Assctts, Call it A. W. Asbill et ux, ct al. J Creditors, Ac. ?T appearing to my satisfaction that F. M. Ode rn:"? ami Louisa bis wife, two of the Defen dants t ? this cause, arc absent from and resid? beyond the limits of this State, On motion by Messrs. JONES .t NORRIS, Complainants' Solici tors, Ordered, That they do appear and plead, answer or demur to this Hill within forty days from thc publication hereof; or in default tlereo! Judgment will bo rendered against them pm coefeew. Z. W. CARWILE, c.K.r. n. Mar 5, 1Sfi7. 6t 10 Strayed, PROM Richardsonville, EdgeCcld District, S. C., about tho 20th April lust, a Dark Col ored .Mare MULE, with one car badly skinned. Also, about tho 1st November, two other MULES,-i-.r.o a Marc Mule, twelve years old, Day Colored, with a large space on one side of her rump devoid of hair,-the other a small Black Hurso Mul?, about eight years old. For thc recovery of the said Mules, a liberal reward will bc paid, and no questions asked, by apply ing to Chas. Montague, at Richardsonville, or C. J. Dullen, Columbia, S. C. Mar I_lt_10_ State of South Carolina, EDGBP1ELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esquire, Ordinary of Edgelield District. Whereas, John Rim hart lins applied to mo for Letter? of Administration, on all and singularthogoodsand chattels,rights and credits ; of John E. Long, late of tuc District aforesaid, I dee'd. Those arc, tbereforo, to cite and admonish all and singular, tho kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to bc and appear before mc, at our nextOrdinar/'s Court for thc said District, to bo holdcnatEdgefieldC. H., on thc 14th day o? Mar. next, to show cause, if any, why tho said administration should no thc granted.^ Given under my hand and seal, this 2Sth day of Fob. in tho year of bur Lord, ono thou sand eight hundred and sixty-scvon, and in the 91st year of American Independence. W. F. DURISOE, O. E. D. Mar 5, 2t 14? State of South Carolina, BEAUFORT DISTRICT. R. J. Davant, Com'r., Mn ry Webb, Adin'x. APPLICATION will ho"mado before his Honor Judge MOSES, at Gillisonvillc, thirty' days utter tho dito hereof, f>r leave to substituto a new record for tho record of thc Judgment in? this case in tho Common Pleas, Beaufort District, destroyed during thc recent war. LEROY Fi YOUMANS, Pitt 's Atty. Mar 5, 1 SGT._lm * 10 Notice. 1HEREBY givo uotico that I will not pay a certain Note of hand given by me with G. Dell as auroty, to J. C. Smyly, sometime in ISSI, for about Eight or Nine nundrcd*Dollnrs, unless compollcd by law. There is a credit on said Note of about $i00. I um determined to resist its payment. " J. R. POW. Mar:? :it 10 . Lost, ON Sale-day in February last a POCKET PISTOL-one of Adams' Self-Cocking five Barrel Rcvolvofs. A liberal reward '.vii' bo paid to any ono delivering f-id Pistol nt this Ofrico. Uar.4 lt ' io ~ NOTICE. ALL Persons having any demands whatever ngainst tho Estate of WASHINGTON WISE, dee'd., aro requested to present them forthwith, duly proven, to H. W. Addison, Attor ney of said Estate. H. A- SHAW AND OTHERS, JEx'rs. Mb 27 ? 9 ?j Iii? Excellency JAMES L. ORR, Governor of South Carolina. WHEREAS information has hcen communi cated to this Department th: ,t a feries of v outrages have been perpetrated on sundry per sons, white and colored, in,tho Districts of Lau rens, Greenville, . Anderson and Abbeville, by three desperato outlaws, to wit : - Brown, known as Texas Brown, by - Sullivan, of .laurens, and by - Burkett, alias Eurkhoad, alia? Wallace, wherein the livesx of-many persons have been threatened and the property of others pillaged; and whereas it has been represented that Elias Brown, a freedman, has been murdered by the two former ; and whereas the said Brown com mitted an assault and battery on t rio person of Lewis Clark, a freedman, with intent to kill, at Cokesbury, S, C.; and whereas the ?aid Brown, Sullivan and Burkett; a/ta? Wallace, perpetrated a daring robbery Upon Jessie French, a citizen of Greenville, S.. C.; and whereas tho said Brown and Burkett assaulted, with intent to kill, sundry citizens of Anderson District; and whereas these desperate outlaws have committed other acts of rapine, plunder and outrage, and have thus far eluded and avoided arrest hy the civil authorities for their manifold crimes : Now, know yo, that I, JAMES L. ORR, Gov ernor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State aforesaid, do hereby offer a reward ef NINE IIUNDRED DOLLARS for the ar:-est and safe delivery of tho said Brown, Sullivan and Burkett in any jail in this State, or THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS for oither of them. All Sheriffs, Constables, Magistrates,'and all other officers of the State, civil and nilitary, are hereby commanded and required to tao every ex ertion to secure the arrest of thc part es aforesaid, to the end that the laws of this Slate may be maintained and these outlaws brought to condign punishment ? In witness whereof, I have hereunto 'subscribed my name and caused the seal o? the State to be affixed, at the city of Co umbia, this [L.s.]twenty-?ccond day of February, A. D. 1867, and in the ninety-first year of tho indepen dence of the United States of A merica. JAMES L. ORR, Governor. ELLISOX Cxr-Ens, Secretary of State. SI'ch. 7, 3t 10 -ii Carolina Bureau of Immigration, CHARLES'! ON, Feb. 21, 1367. .flHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN ap X pointed Commissioner, hai been instructed by his Excellency, Governor ORR, to organise the Bureau at tho earliest possiblo moment In a * few days agents will-be appointed by the Gover nor to proceed to Europe, whoso duly it will be io induce immigration to our State, to disseminate such information as may be furnished them of ? lands for sale or lease, and to engage such labo rers, mechanics, servants and other help as may ba desirod by tho inhabitants of the State. An agent for the same object will, perhaps, be sent to Now York. It would bo desirable that our peo ple furuish this Bureau, without delay, with in formation how they desire to be served, indica ting the kind of help they require and the wages which they ?re willing to pay, or a description of the lands they have for sale or lease, and their terms and conditions. If combinations can bo formed in tho several Districts of the State for joint action, it would, perhaps, facilitate mutual operations, and where arrangements can be made to advance part of the passage money of the la boring immigrants by accepted orders to that effect on any of the factors or merchants of Char leston, it would no doubt greatly advance the re sult. If thc people that favor this measure would meet at their respective Court Houses to consult, and indicate their wants, this Bureau would take great pleasure iu serving their intorcst to tho best of its ability. A pamphlet will ho printed in several European languages for distribution, describing tho capacities and advantages of our soil, climate, productions, Ac, in vhich many particulars, that are promptly furnished, may be advertised. Thc means at thc disposal of this Bureau being strictly limited, tho kiid assistance )f the conductors of our public journals is re quested. JOHNA. WAGNER, Commissioner of Inmigration. Mar. f. 2t 10 Corn Meal, Grits, GSOUND FEED, (Corn and Oat;,) Bran, Fine Feed, -Also, Superfine, Extra and Famiiv FLOUR, MADE, and for snlc nt tho GRANITE MILLS, in quantities to suit purchasers. BOLTED CORN MEAL, fre^b ground daily, at $1,45 pei bushel, of 2U bushels or more. GROUND FEED, (beingequal parts Corn and Ous ground together,) a most excellent Feed for Stock of any kind, at $:'.,00 per 1 HO pounds. FINE FEED, at i:?,.'<0 per 100 pounds. These articles can bc had at n.'y time at thc Mill, or No. 2 IS Broad Street, Augusta, ({a., by SEO. T. JACKSON & CO Augusta, Feb IS St 3 * Corn Meal and Grits, At $2,00 Per Bushel. ?10UNTRY and CANVASSED HAMS, very SIDES and SHOULDERS: BUTTER and LARD; 100 Dozen Fresh EGGS; IRISH POTATOES- the vcrv best ? Fresh supplv cf SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA ; RICE, CHEESE, MACARONI, Ac'., ic. All of which will bo sold at Augusta Retail Prices, transportation added. CHEATHAM <t BRO. Feb 2 j tf 9 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. Du'RISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge field District. Whereas, Z. W. Carwilc, C. E. E. D., bas ap plied to mc for Letters of Administration, de boni? non, on all and singular tho goods and chattels, rights and credits of Si,..imerflcld Ballard, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, tho kindred and creditors of tho said deceased, to bc and appear before mc, at our nest Ordinary's Court fori ho said District to be holden at Edgoficld Court House on tho 11th day of Apr. next, to show cause, if any, why the said administration should not bc granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 28th day of Feb. in thc year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven and- in the ninety-first year of American Independence. W.F. DURISOE, O.E.D. Mar J lit 10 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN ORDINARY. i Y W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge i field District. Whereas, John Rinehart bas applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singu lar tho goods and chattels, rights Sud credits of William lt. Long, lato of thc District afore said dee'd. Thcso aro, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, thc kindred and creditors of thc said deceased, to bc and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for thc said District, to be holden at Edgcfield Court House, on thu U h day Mar. next, to show cause, if any, wby thc said administration should not bc granted. Given under my band and seal, this 2$th day of Feb. in the year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and in thc 91#t year of thc Independence of thc United States of America. W. F. DURISOE, o.K.D. Mar 5, 2t 10 Estate P. M. Best.% PERSONS indebted to this Estate aro request ed t? make payment forthwith to Adminis trator,-and those having elairas against fame ?.o hand them in properly attested, cithtr to Ad ministrator, or to Mr. Vines, nt Saluda Old Town JOHNSON nAGOOD, Adm'or. Feb 20_4t_8__ Notice. LOST or mislaid, on Monday, thc 4th instant ono Sealed NOTE signed by R.B.Watson mid E. Watson, for the amount of Thirteen Hun dred and Thirty D dian, payable to T. Jones, Agent of Irena A. Pitts, Executrix of Thos. Titts, ilec'd. All persons aro forewarned from trading for faid Note, and the maker o? said Note is hereby notified of its being lost or mislaid. TBOS. JONES. ?ari U H