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PUBLISHED KV?liY WEDNESDAY MOBNLNG B T D??RISOS, SE ESE & CO* TER M S DF SUBSCRIPTION. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Tho IDVERTISKB is publishedrcgularly ev ery Wno.vesoAY MORXKCG.MITHUEE DOLLARS psrannum: ONE DOLLAR >u.<l FIFTY CTS. for Six Months; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for Th roo Months,-altcuyi in advance. &ir* AU papan: discontinued ;it thc expiration of the time for which they have boen paid. KATES OF ADVERTISING. PAYABLE IS ADVANCE. Advertisement! will be inserted at the rate of OME'DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS per Square (10 Minion lines or less.) fur the first insertion, f and ONS! DOLLAR for .each subsequent insertion. ?S?" A liberal discount wii! be made to these wishiitg to advertise by the year. Announcing Candidatos S ?, 0 0, in advance. More Military Orders. From thc Charleston Xctcs, ol the 23J, we extract G?nerai Orders No. 12, and Special Orders No. 23, issued by Gen. D. E. SICKLES. and invite the especial attention of our peo ple to the same : SALE OK LIQUORS TO SOLDIERS, ETC. [General Orders Ko. 12.] Par. ?C. The sale of spirituous liquors by any person or p.rsons to soldiers, sailors, or marines in the service of the United State, is hereby prohibited ; and any person so offending, procuring tor, or giving away tu any soldier, sailor, or marine, any spirituous liquors, will be brought to trial before a mili tiry tribunal, and shall be fined in a sum noi exceeding one hundred nor less than fifty (lol lars, or imprisoned for a period not exceed ing two months. And any person giving in formation of any violatiou of this order, .?h?ll, tipon Conviction o? the person accused, b<* entitled to receive one-fourth of the tine ?rn posed and collected. Post Commanders will require Sheriffs, Deputy Sherill's. Countable-', and the polio" fjree within their commands to report to them any vi dation of military orders and arrest the guilty parties. SUPERVISION OK POST COMMANDERS. [ General Orders, Kv. t'2 \ Par. Xi. Post Commnu l'TS will c-x-ircise^i sujtervision over ail Magistrates, SberifiV. Deptry Sheriff*. Constables and Pu?ce with?! their commands, and will, whenever uecessa ry for the preservation of order and the elB cient discharge of their duties, assume com mand of thc police force. JURISDICTION OK PROVOST COURTS IN BARNWELL AND E1>GEK1ELD DISTRICTS. [Special Orders Xu. 23.] Par. E. Special Orders No. 21, current se ries, from these Headquarters, which estab lish a Provost Court within the Military Post of Aiken, S.*C, are hereby so modified t'jat no tentence afiectiug the liberty of any person, shall be executed until it is approved by the Commanding General ; and it is further or dered, that white persons charged with mur der manslaughter, iapc, or arson, on the per fl ms or property of persons of color, and per son* of color charged with like offences against the persons or property of while persons, will be brought to trial before a Military Commis sion ; the accused will be taken into military custody, and the evidence in the casu, with charges, forwarded to these Headquarters. MI LITA UT POSTS AND ASSIGNMENTS. [General Orders .Yo. 12.j Thc Military Sub Districts of North Caro lina and South Carolina are hereby discon tinued. Thc territory embraced within this com maud is divided into Pests as follows : ******* SOOTH CAROLINA. 1. Tho Military Post of Charleston, to em brace the Stats Districts of Cha leaton, Col lston. and Berkley, and the adjacent islands ; to be commanded by Brevet ^Brigadier General H. B. Clitz, Lieutenant-Colonel Gth infantry. Headquarters at Charleston, S. C. Garrison : Headquarters, and Companies A, D, F, and I, 6th [ufantry, nad Companies D and F, 10th Infantry. 2. Tue Military Post of Hilton Head, to embrace thc State District of Beaufort and a Ijacent islands ; to be commanded by 13revr-i Captain James Chester, ls* Lieutenant. 3J Artillery. Headquarters at Hilton Head. 3. The Military Post of Georgetown, to embrace the State Districts of Georgetown an 1 Horry ; to be com nanded by Brevet Ma jor E. W. II. Hied, Captain S;li lufantry. Headquarters at Georgetown, S. C. 4. Thc Military Post of Aiken, to embrace tbe State Districts of Barnwell and ridgefield ; to be commanded by Brevet Major L. Walker, Captain 5th Cavalry. Headquarters nt Ai ken, S. C. j. The Military Post of Darlington, to em b-ace the State Districts of Williamsburg, Clarendon, Marion, Darlington. Marlboro', an 1 Chesterfield ; to be commanded by Cap tun II. S. Hawkins, *5th Infantry. Head quarters at Darlington, S. C. C. The Military Post of Columbia, to cm brice the State Districts of Orangeburg. Sumter, Kershaw, Richland and Lexington ; to be commanded by Brevet Brigadier Gen eral J. D. Greene, Colonel ?th lufantry. Headquarters at Columbia, 5. C. J. IV. Military Post of Newberry," to em brace the State Districts of Newberry, Lau rens, and Abbeville; lobe commanded by Brevet Major J. M'Cleary, Captain Gth Infan t*y. Headquarters at Newberry, S. C. 8. The Military Post of Anderson, to em brace the Sta'.c Districts of Anderson. Green ville, and Bickens; to be commanded by Brevet Lieutenant Colonel A. T. Smith, Cap tiin 8th Infantry. Headquarter at Ander sm, S. C. !?. The Military Post of UnionviP -, to em brace the State District of Spartanburg and Union ; to bc commanded by Brevet Lieuten ant Color.el J. N- Andrews. Captain 8th In fantry. . IV. Tuc Militar)' Post of Chester to embrace toe State Districts of York, Chester, Fair field and Lancaster; to bc commanded by Brevet Major D. D. Lynn, Captain Gth In fantry. Headquarters at Chester. QUALIFICATIONS OK VOTERS IN NEW YORK -DISTINCTIONS ON ACCOUNT or COLOR.-The New York Tribune, which ha: been instru mental in forcing unqualified negro suffrage on the South, on Friday states as follows the conlitiousof suffi age in thc State of New York: The qualifications of white voters are that they shall be twenty-one years of age, and citizens of thc United States for at least ton days, and residents of the State for a year next preceding the election, of the couuty four months, and of the election district thir ty days. Colored men, besides fulfilling these requirements, must have been citizens of the State for thc last three-years, and be possess ed of a freehold estato worth $50, over and above all debts 'and incumbrauees charged I thereon, and have paid taxes on the same. But no one can vote who h is been convicted of an infamous crimo (unless subsequently pardoned,) who is directly or indirectly inter ested in any bet or wager upon the election, who took part in or encouraged the r'hellion, who deserted from ihe military s vice, or who left the State to avoid the draft. CORN AND BACON KOR THE DESTITUTE KROM MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA-It is with much satisfaction that we announce a further arri val of supplies ior the destitute of this State, consisting JJC ,'{,000 bushels of corn and 10, 000 pounds of bacon, the gift mainly of gene rous Maryland and a part from JefiVrson County, Virginia. The arrival of these pro visions will be a happy relief to many of our suffering poor, uow standing sorely in need of assistance. They were brought free of charge by the steamship Falcon, of Messrs. Mordecai and Courtenay & Trenholm's Baltimore Line, And her commander, Captain Reed, has done all ia his power to facilitate their transporta tion.-Charleston Courier, 24th. ,_? - fgT Strew berrica are plenty ia tb? Now York ga?M ai sweaty-five amit , ? Gen. Pope and GOT. Jenkins of Georgia. AUGUSTA, April 24.-A correspondence bas taken place between Gen. Pope and Gov. Jenkins, of ibis Slate. Pope ?ski d Jenkins if he had seen General Orders No. 3, issued April 10, in reference ti< organizing States under the Military Bill, before the latter is sued bis address to the people of Georgia ad vising no>action until the question was de cided by .be Supreme Court ? Gov. Jenkins replied that he bad not supposed that bc was exceeding such freedom in cxpressiou of opinion relative to public matters as seems still accorded citizens of thc Republic, not imagining that it had been abridged by the accident of the speaker or writer holdtug of fice. In future bc should do and say what be believed was required by duty and the oath of office. This, he hoped, would not in volve either conflict or coutruvcrsy between thurn in the execution of their respective trusts, as hi- thinks it need not. Everything of this character he desires to avoid. The General says, in reply, that Gofc Jen kin's' explanation is satisfactory, so far as the past is concerned, but being sept to execute thc laws of Congress, he will carry out the provisions of the Military Bil!, which recog nizes the existing State governments as mere ly provisional, are permitted to continue for the administration of the State laws during the pr. gress cf rcconytrucMon. Had Congress contemplated opposition from thc civil au thorities, it would have legislated the present State governments out of existence. Ile (General Pope) requires that ti e civil machin ery of thc State be not perverted to frus I trate the execution of the laws. The civil oficers are required not to use their influ ence to prevent the people from submitting to and carrying out the laws of Congress. After discussing the matter fully, Gen. Pope says that he will be compelled to remove all officers while in office who use their influ ence to prevent the execution of the laws, but hopes that harmonious relations may continue between thc military and civil authorities. The paragraph 3 in General Orders No. 1, read's as follows : 11 It is to be clearly under stood that civil officers thfts retained in office shall confine themselves strictly to the per f .rmar.ee of their official duties, and while holding offices they ?ball not usc any influ ence whatever to deter or discourage the people from taking an active part iu recon structing their State government, under an act of Congress tn provide for a more efficient government of the rebel States, and an act -upplemeutarv thereto. I'Jic Peabody Educational Fund--Its Use and Application. NJ?W YOKK, April li). Dr. Sears, General Agent of the Peabody Ivlucational Futid, has issued a circular giving a detailed statement of the mode in which the Trustees of the fund propose io apply the noble charity committed to their charge. He says the direct aim of the agents will be to encourage and aid thc common schools of the South, that is, schools established, sup ported and superintcrded by the Southern people themselves. Apart from this leading object, the founding and maintenance of schools will not come within thc scope of his plan. Usually appro priations in moderate amounts will be made where such schools are languishing .or are liable to be suspended for want of mean* of support. Similar aid, if necessary, will be given in places where unsullied with schools, whenever tho citizens shall intro duce them and undertake their support: all such aid, however, is to be regarded as temporary. In selecting schools to be aided or places to be supplied with them, those will be pre ferred in which the destitution is the greatest and the number to be benefited is the largest. Normal schools or schools having norma! de partments will receive particular attention. Appropriations will be made only when the conditions stipulated between individuals or corporations and the general agent have been complied with. Funds will not be given to literary or professional schools as such. Ap plicants will make an. estimate of the least possible amount necessary to meet their wants, and report the same at once to B. Sears, gen eral agent, or to John E. Amos, general trav eling agent, Atlanta, Ga. Special arrangements may sometimes be I made for the purpose of encouraging the in dustrial arts or for the education of teachers. The agent will not identify his efforts with those of any other organization by placing funds at the disposal of its mauagers. But in any connection ho may hold with benevo lent or religious societies bo will pursue bis own specific object by such means aud appli ances as he may select. At present there will be no agencies, ex cept a few in which the service rendered will be gratuitous. The agent will not, except in a few exceptional cases, have occasion to em ploy teachers. Ile can, therefore, aid such in obtaining places only by giving their names to school committees. For. Tin: LADIES.-As thu reason fur wear ing light colored fabrics is approaching, thc following method of preserving the colors in washing these materials will he of interest. It is from a lady correspondent of an exchange, who says she ba3 never known it to fail : " I herewith send you an .excellent method for washing dresses of printed muslins, lawns, ?c., so as to preserve the colors, whether the pattern be printed in black or variegate! hues. The dress should bc washed in lather, and not by applying the soap in the usual way-direct upon the muslin. Make a lath er by boiling some.soap and water together; let it stand until it is sufficL-ntly cool tor use. and previously to putting tke dress into it, throw in a handful of salt ; rinse the dress without wringing if, in clear, cold water, into which a little salt has been thrown ; remove it and rinse it in a fresh supply of clear water and salt. Then wring the dress in a cloth and hang it to dry immediately, spreading as open as possible, so as to prevent one part lying over anctkor. Should there be any white in the pattern, mix a little blue in thc water." --? - BURIED ALIVE.-A friend gives us thc ac count of a most terrible case of the burial of a handsome young lady at Jackso iville, Illinois. Some time last summer, a young lady of seventeen years of age, suffering with the toothache, went to bcd with a small phial of chloroform, for thc pu-pose of quieting her teeth. In the morning she was found, to all ap pearances, dead, which was confirmed by the opinions of several physicians who were call ed and examined ber body. 'She was then buried. A few days since her relatives were about to remove from Jacksonville, having located in another State, and bad the remains of the young lady exhumed, for the purpose ?f taking them to their new home. Curiosity prompted the opening of the coffin, when they were horror stricken on finding the corpse.turned over, both hands full of hair, and her clothing torn to shreds, revealing the horrible truth that the young lady bad been buried alive. The chloroform had placed her in a deep trance, the awaking from which was in her coffiu and grave. The lady was engaged to bc married at the time of ber supposed death. A more heart-sicken ing case we never remember to have read or heard of.-Indianapolis Journal, 9ih in stant. THE CONDITION OE EUROPE.-The French army is estimated, by good military authority, at 700.000 mon, of whom 5.J?.00O are availa ble for aggressive warfare. The general im pression at the latest dates in Europe, was that, although everything was in a very un settled and feverish state, war wa? not inevi table, and hostilities would probably be post poned until next year. The London Tunes is of.opinion that so long a>; the relations be tween France ard Germany lie in fbe hands of .two such men as were supposed to have learnt to know and to value each other at Biarritz, the world ought not too lightly to cherish sinister apprehensions. Both Napo leon and Bismarck are fully aware of the magnitude ot the enterprise to which a mo ment of rashness might commit them. Both of them have accomplished much in their lifetime, and it is natural for b th of them to shrink from nuw trials which could lose the benefit or taruish the glory of former ac hievements. Neither of them is young, nei ther ot them exults in that, firm, exuberent health which urg?a men to incessant activity. Peace would be <-qually a boon to France and Crcraany, THE ADVERTISER. JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 18G7. Our Club Rates. Wo aro now furnishing tho ADVERTISER to Clnb? at tho following very low rates: Two Copies one Year, . $5.50. Five Copie3 one Yoar, 12 50. Ten Copies ono Year, 22.50. Twenty Copies ono Year, 40.00. No Clubs received for a less period thao one year,-and in all cases thc Cash will be required in advance. The names of tho entire Club must le sent at one time. Thc Southern Cultivator. Tho Moy No. of this "Practical and Scientific Newspaper, for the plantation, the Gorden, and l ie Family Circle," ba" boen received. It a splendid number, and no mistake. Price, only ?2 per annum. Address, Wu. N. WHITE, Athens, Ga. Subicriptions to the Cultivator received at this office. A Negro Killed. A negro man was killod on Easrw Sunday, two or three miles below the Pine House, in the neigh borhood of Dr. L. B. WJSVKR'S. We bavo not Itarned by whom this docd was perpetrated,, nor indeed any particulars concerning it. ** Saved his Bacon." Ought'nt we to bu killed immediately for raking ?up that worn-out old slang phrase? And espe cially a's be did not save his bacon, but only found out who stolo it. We mean our friend, AyuiL.i MILKS, Esq., whose smoke-house was robbed two or three weeks ago, at which time wo chronicled it, of a quantity of meat and lard. Well, he bas so indefatigably followed up tho matter, and been so indefatigably and obligingly asusted by Sergt. MILLER of thc garrisom at this ?'is o, that be has found out the oily rogues, and intends to bring them to justice. Well-Grounded Hope for Man and Beast. nope of something to eat! From more than one section of our District we hare heard very encouraging accounts of tho Whoat Crop-or nthcr of the growing Whe?i. And yesterday, a gentleman, all the way from Laurens, who bas passed do'Wn through Laurens, Abbeville and Edgtfield, told us that the crowing Wheat and 0 its, along his entire rout", are finer, more flour ishing, aud more promising than bo has ever known tht'm. He says that tho oldest men in most all sections bold this opinion. Hagood's Shoes. Two weeks ago we announced the Shoe Shop of tho Bros. HACOOD at Pleasant Grove. Since then, they have presented D. R. D. of this estab lishment with a specimeu of their work-a pair of half pumps (Summer Shoes) of unexceptiona ble shape, style and finish. It is many a day sinco we have seen sueh beautiful shoes. But the Bros. HACOOD must not forget that there are several very gay and festive bachelor? in the Advertiser corps who could show off their superb handiwork to much better effect than D. R. D. As for us, when our pair comes we shall jump over the moon, and, kicking our feet about derisively, exclaim to the inhabitants of that be nighted planet: You've got no such Shoes up here as HAGOOD'S ! Men Who ?'Can Read Their Title Clear." The Quarterly Meeting which is held annually with tho Mothodist Episcopal Church in this place, bogan on Thursday night last, and came to an end on the following Sunday night. This prored to be a season of most unusual interest to aU the congregation' in Edgofitld; and not of in terest alone, but of deep gratification, instruction and benefit. Besides the earnest and much-be loved pastor of this Church, there wore prestnt on this occasion the Rev. Mr. FLEVISG, Presiding Elder, . and the Rev. Mr. KILGO of the Abbeville circuit. These preached on tho forenoon and night of each day, to congregstions generally Inigo, sometimes overflowing, and at all timos, profoundly interested und attentive. Mr. FLEMING is a minister of Christ who wears that blended look of dignity, strength and amia bility which characterised the patriarchs of the ancient church in those days when o tic in in ney was not assumed to be tho proper aspect cf piety ; and his cbaructer oouiporta thoroughly with this ap pearance. Hiswell known ability and attainments led all to expect anedifying treat in his preaching. Nono wore disappointed. He is a man of educa tion, an original thinker, bold speaker, and an impressive and effective preacher. Mr. KILCO is likewise very far above medioc rity: and his uncompromising earnestness is very striking. He does famous battle for the faith, and if there be any one man whom we know pre pared to full in the bnrness, he ii the mun. Tbese reverend gentlemen carry away from Edgefiold the admiring confidence and esteem of its people. The Patriot, Thc Jurist, The Soldier, The Statesmen. Geni. D. H. HILL'S Magazine, " The Lnud He Love," cowes to us exquisitely beautified external ly. A. real artist bas been >t work upon it. The Vignette, decidedly one of the most beautiful we ever saw, consuls of a heavy wreath of gtain, gra=s and mos?; and upon this wreath are hung four lortraits. At the top is " Tho Patriot" Wasbiugton; on the right is "Tho Soldier" Stonewall Jackson; on the left is "The Jurist" Chief Justice Marshall ; at the bottom are " Tho Statesmen"-Calhoun, Clay and Webster. Under neath all this, a separate picture, is a lovely French Broad landscupe. Such taite und energy deserve commendation. As to the contests, we have - glanced through thrm sufficiently to perceire that this popular scri.il fully maintains its high characteristics as a mag?::ine for cultivated readers of all tastes. In deed the table of contents of the May number, the oro before us, is most particularly appetising. As rre have often done before, we urge our peo ple to stand by " The Land We Love." Three Dollars per annum. Address HILL, IRWIN & Co., Charlotte, N. C. Sale ot Kuiniiti Mills. The Charleston Newt, of the 24th, soys : "Kal mia V. ills were sold yesterday morning by Messrs. WABPLAW <fc CAKEW, subject to mortgage, for $210,( 00, which WHS $20,000 more than the mort gage called for. The property was purchased by Mr. il. COGHWELZ. and others, aad the Mills will be worked by a new company." Fatal Affray. Th? Augusta Prett of Sunr?aysays: "A diffi culty arose between some colored men In Ham burg on Friday night, relative lo some political organisation. One party denounced the other as a s-n of a b-h, when thc person aggrioved drew a revolver and shot tho offander, killing him in stantly. We have not heard all tho particulars, but these are tho main facts, as Toported to.us." -?-*- ? Grauiteville Factory. At tho annual meeting oj the Stockholders of tho Grunitoville Manufacturing Company, held on tho ISth, (says the Charleston AW?,) the fol lowing gentlemen were elected officers for thc en suing year: Pretident-Wm. Gregg. Directort-W. L. Tronhoim, Charleston ; James P. Boyce, Greonvillo; William Gregg, Jr., Aiken; A. B. Davidson, Charlotte ; H. n. Hickman, Au gusta; H. R. Banks, Sr., Charleston; Ephraim Tweedy, Augusta. The meeting was quito large, and tho report of the President and Treasurer very satisfactory to. the Stockholders. -? -?- ? P&- Somebody advertises for agent? to retail a work entitlod "Hymcnial Instructor." A eotein porury adds : "Tho best bymenial instroctor wo know of ?B a young widow. What sho don't know, Ibero is no uso in learning." ?S" Why ii a loafer in a printing office like a ?bade tree? Stew* we axe god when hf kater. C-Jovcrnor Perry's Letter. If wo wore of tboso who believo that thc doti nant parly at tho North regard us as entitled any political right?, tho spirit and tone of t important Letter referred to iu our caption, a which may bc found in full on the outsida of tl paper, would find a responsive echo in our bo;o Hut unfortunately for us, the party now in powi whatever may bo found to the contrary in tb< writings or speeches, haro given us a sud b practical illustration of the fact that we ba neither a politicnl status nor political rights, sa such ns may bo vouchsafed to us by Congrcsaior. legislation. This country has always been governed bj dominant majority, and, in the Tory nature of o system of Government, will bc so governed < infinitum. The majority now at tho heod afTairs, controlling Congress, controlling t Treasury, and controlling the Army, is, and h boen for many yoars, our political antagonist, ai denies to us practically any political existence. Thc great issues which have divided tho Nor and South since our infancy, which have emb: tsred our political association and spread disse sien throughout thc '?nd, have at length been d eided by the sword. However evenly the seal may have hung heretofore, Gen. GRAST kickt the beam by casting his sword on tho Republic! side. And we certainly understood at one tin that Gov. PKIIUT had acquiesced in this ve: practical, if not very satisfactory, solution of tl qestion. If we aro rightly informed, Gov. PERRY, as tl Provisional Governor of South Carolina, roturm from Washington with a proclamation, -propari in that city, in which, or at any rate in bis mess ges to tho Convention assembled by virtue of sa proclamation, ho advised the State to declare th Secession was a political heresy, and that inn untary slavery should be forever abolished; ai conselod further that the equal protection legal rights und remadies. should be extended the former slaves. The State followed this ai vice, and by solemn ordinance declared that tl two great principles so long and ably contend? for by our fathers and ourselves, were heretici Does airy honest* man say that wo did this of 01 own good will ; that wo deuied the political cree of our father? acd impoverished our country free and voluntarily ? Most assurudly not. We knew thot Gov. PKitny had been commi stoned us Provisional Governor of this State, th. he hud been in intimate correspondence wil President JOHNSON, had sut at the feet of this 1' modern political Gamaliel, bad shared his coons! and ?mied himself to a certain extent with h authority. And therefore the State followed li adviuc, and expected iu exchange fur bur obed ence the correlativo duly of protection. We believe that the President and Govern! Pjcnnr would hi? ve extended her this protection ha it been in their power, and that they expected I do so by an appeal to thc people. The Philudclpbi Convention shadowed forth muny and might things; the tour of President JOHNSON throug the North and North-West, still mightier thing The Vetoes were to arouse the people in thc might, and consolidate all constitutional partit in defence of Southern rights. Tho elections b thc people were to vindicate the policy of Pres dent JOHNSON. The fanaticism of the Radici party, like Saturn of old, was to devour its ow progeny. Meantime, the Radicals, Hushed wit success, powerful at home, powerful abroad, ma; ters of Congress, masters of the Mint, masters i tho Army, able, energetic, ?nd securely mulled i the prestige of tho conqueror, became strong! und stronger; until, in the fucc of ?ill tha pn photic horoscopes of our Southern leaders, the forced upon ut the Constitutional amendment and the Sherman and Supplemental Bills. An now wc are again oskod by Gov. PERRT to stan still and awsit the great and certain triumph t the Democratic party. Is it not like the Rustic in Horace, cxpcc'.io tko flow of the river to stop that he may eros whilo it flows on foreror, " labitur tt bibttur i sternum." The Democratic 'party as it existd before the war, is unknown to the present govert tion. It has become in a great degree ?r?fete. Il former leaders deserted their cardinal principle (or what we deomed those principles) during th .war, and no longer shadow forth even the prc visions of its once honored programme. Five or six years ago Gen. B. F. Butler, Danit Diekinsou, rt id omne ??mu*, w?rc riding the popv lar breeze on tho wings of the Southern Demi eratic party. They had participated in tho Chai lesion Convention, in fact might, have said " maj int ]>ar?/.il," and thc whole Southern people wei throwing up their bat? and crying huzzas to thei names and principles. Whero are they now The desolation and ruin of {he South answer i the wail of ivie viet!*. If wc mistake not, the two great Union Cap tains of the late war, Geni. Grant and Sherniat were both Democrats, and are Democrats Mill but Democrats HCCI.riling to their own construe lion of what Democracy ought to be. Who the constitute ibis Democratic parly at the North, t whoso triumph wo have been looking, nnd ar advised still to look ? It is evident that th power of that party has departed. Gor. PKKK thinks that tho reaction which has already com menced in Connecticut " will sooner or late sweep over the whole Northwestern nnd Middl States." We fear it will be " later" indeed. Ye the colossal shadow of thc power once held b; this Democratic party seems still to lniunt th crumbling temple of its devotees, and to flit gbost like amid thc gloom of its rained colonnades. I exists, we fear, only in name-"?tat nomi ni* um Ira." Wo aro now* to deal with matters practicallj The reign of Democracy, however much we at tempt to disabuse our minds of the fact, ha passed away. Thc President, with all his ability with all his energy, with all bis patriotism, wi 1 all the patronage at his command, Commander in-Chief of the Arm)-, and clothed in nil tin majesty of bis exalted office?, called loud and lon, for the People, tho Democracy; but there was ni response to his eloquent appeal. He forgot, c many seem to forget, that the People were nt langer the sovereigns of the country. The popu Ur crown bad been torn from their brow, am transferred to that of t5e Army. It is the con sequence, as history teaches us, of all wars, am especially of internecine strife and rebellion, tba the Army remains the conqueror and usurps thi power. Wbo can now deny that to day the Army gov ems this country ? Can nny man read the Mili '.?ry-Reconstruction and Supplemental Bills, ant the Ute letter or order of Gen. Pope to Uor. Jen kins of Georgia, ?nd hesitate as to who is thi sovereign of the land? If President Jobns?r had appealed to the Army instead of to the Peo pie, who can say what the condition of the conn try might not have been ? We Insist now that the South must no longei expect aid from the Democracy or the Democratic party. We must act for ourselves, and we mut act practically. If gentlemen, whon in power, huvo advised ui to abolish Slavery, to declare Secession to bc horetical, to conform to the Civil Rights Bill, ii it not now too lato to say that we ought not ti r?te for a Convention? The roting for a Con vention is certainly nn insignificant matter when compared with the abolition of slavery, ?c., as stated above; und yet we arc advised not to do about the simplest act which has been requited ut our hands, and on? which we deem pregnant with practical results to the country. If wo are adrisnd to ronounce our groat cardi nal doctrines of Slavery, Secession, State Sover eignty, <tc., why are wo to stop short at the com paratively mild requirement of a resort to the ballot-box br tho people ? For one we are tired of "masterly inactivity." It is in reality an anomaly in language and a contradiction in terms, und productive of no fruit. Will our condition be improved by having no Convention ? Do wo prefer military rule ? Do we i? reality expect tho triumph of tho Demo cratic p irty ? As at present advised, bur policy is not only to luvo a Convention, but, if possible, to control that Convention ; nnd wo can do so only by en tering tho lists ?with energy and zeal, and an hi - est purpose lo promote the practical vallare ef the State. j "Look Herc, Upon This Ticlurc, A On Thia." It runs in our head that tho "eminent Jut and his lady" spoken of below, were Chancel and Mr?. CARROL*.. Imagine the elegant t polished Judge and bis still more elegant and j. irked wife buying a iptule, wbilo a coaplt honcy-mooning niggers purchase champagne i brandied fruits. Some of us, before old Th Stevens get through with' us, will consider i luxury to buy even a tpadc, and net be driven thc noccs.-ity of doing as thc devil did in the song: "digging up. tho ground with our big nails." THK TABLES TURBE?.-A few d.-.ys ago, " local" and two or three friends " happenod" tbo store of Messrs. E. k G. D. Hope, ?nd wt disbursing the merits of rome fine ?lo, proseui by the hospitable proprietor.*, several custom entered. The first was a "colored citizen" fl his bride, who mode special inquiry aa to I various brands of champagne, And finally p chased a bottle of Hoidsick, together with a or two of broudied fruits. Just as tho chanipaj party le't, an eminent Judge and his lady step] in and bought a >paitc. "Tho bottom rail is top, sure."-Columbia Phoenix. Thc Darlington Southerner. Our old and valued friend tho Darling! Southerner, lost to sight for some time past, agi shows its welcomo face in our sanctum. 1 said faco, if wo do not grootly mistako, bei much ornamented and rejuvenated sinco wo 1 saw it. Thc Darlington Southerner has long ste deservedly high among the District papers South Carolina. It is owned by T.'B. BUOY Esq., and edited by J. M. BROWN, Esq. Publish on Friday morning of each wock. Terms-$3, per annum. -? ? ? Painful Death of a Gallant Gcutlcma By some oversight wc omitted to notice in c last issue tho death of Mr. LEVI L. HICKSON, W was killed accidentally in Augusta on the nig of tho 15th. Yoting HICKSON was well kno< in this community" as a courteous and uprig gentleman. Ho was, during tho war, a galln member of Company D, 14th S. C. Voluntce and in many a hard-fought contest battled bra* ly for tho cause of the South-the cause bo lov so well. Tho ConitituHonalttt, ot the l?tb, th chronicles his melaucholy death : On Monday night, as tho through train "w passing the Flied and platform at the junction Twiggtf.and TVulkur streets, a Mr. Levi L. Hie son, standing bet ween the track ?iud thc platfori was caught by the projection of thc sleeping c and liternlly rolled and pressed to death. X Hickson had been stuuding on thc truck, but' tho approach of tho* truin took his position, he supposed, in a place of safety. Ry moving thc opposite si le of the track bc would have be entirely free. Thc coroner held an inquest, ai thc jury returned a verdict in accordance wi tho facts. Mr. Hickson was a member of the city polit but not on duty at thc time. Ho ?ra's ubouttwe ty-one years of agc, aud leaves u widow mother. What wc Know. Well, what is it? Why we know that DAV Iv I s I o is as good on a heno trude as tho noxt ni! going-and that ho gets the best Shingles, Lat and Boards that aro to bo had within tho lim! of General SICKLES' two Territories. And I works nt reasonnble prices, and don't dan a felic until he stands in need of the money, which genorally about the ti ino he delivers tho wor (Jive DAVIS a trial, and be will give you cnti satisfaction. -? ? pUF A 1'rench General maintain-, in a par phlet just printed iu Paris, that France can pla five separate armies, of one hundred thousa; men each, in the field ; that her war power is Sinazing proportions, aiyl that it would require European coalition of ten Powers, furnishing oi hundred thousand men each, to conquer ber. ?iSf A negro bj the n.nuc of Green Barlo? in Lee county, Ga., a few days since killed h daughter, a girl of about IS years of tige, fi walking out with a young man of the same cor plexi'in. Not liking the appearanco of thing he took his daughter aside, and w>>:j;*ped her i unmercifully aj to cause her death in a few hour ?&- A negro in Baker county, becoming ei raged at the refusal of a dusky damsel to man bim, procured a gun, und shot her as sha wus ri turning from town, where she had been to bu her wedding garmonts, preparatory to being ma ried to another man. ItW Major F. H. Wigfall, son of cr-Senat Wigfall, is travelling in Texas, us tho represent; tivo of commercial houses in New Orleans ar England. His father \c residing in London. ?Pir Tho Columbia, S. C. Theological Seraini ry loses about $1?0,000 by investments in Coi federate bonds, und still bas $95,(100 in slocl that yield no incomo. ?3?" The New Orleans Chief of Police bl been discharged by order of Gen. Sbcridai Reason alleged-discouraging negroes from rej is tor in g. fiOr President JOHNSON bas accepted un inviti lion from the cit! tens of Raleigh, N. C., to t present al that pine? about tho middle of May, I the laying of a corner-stone of a monuuicnt i memory of the President's father, whose place i burial has only recently been discovered. Il will be accompanied -by Mr. Seward und enc c two others of his Cabinet. ?35~ At a recent meeting of the Soci?t? d'A( climation, in Paris, it was related that a dog", bi ing deprived of her pups, took a faucy to a youn lamb that had lost ils mather. Thc lamb tbrov well under tho regime of dog's milk, and at leugt took to feeding on gruss. This the poor f>stei mother could not bear, and she attempted b every means in her power to prevent her foster child from disgracing itself by such uneaninc be haviour, but found at length it was to no purpos< and resigned herself to ber disnppointment. jJSST* Spurgeon is preaching af the Agricultura Hall, London, and bas upward of twelve thonsnn porsons each Sunday in the Hall. His voice is s sonorous that it is well heard by every one. ?&" A letter from Rome says that great pre paragons are being mada for thc celebration e the anniversavy of tho martyrdom of St. Pete ead for the canonization. The /ef>? aro to com meneo on 'he 2iUh of June by a grand ceremon; in thc Cathedral of St. Peter. TJjc following da, tho Holy Father will officiate at Sau Paolo, out side the walls. A daily service is to be cclobratd at thc Pontifical chapel of St. John'd Lateral during the Octave. On the 7th July thc Blessei Josafat and several other servants of God will b canonixod ; and on tho 14th two hundred and fiv Japanese martyrs are to be beatified, whoso mi racles have been acknowledged by thc last deere of tho Pope. A nogro has teen placed in oflico by Gon eral Sheridan, under tho Military Bill. Ho ha appointed a colored man one of the registrars o voters in New Orlein*. The colored nppointee li announced to have passud tho meridian of lifi and to bo a man of excellent churacter. ne bm boen for many years a commission broker in Nor, Orleans-baring been a freeman bofore th? war j*5?" New Orloans dataos of the 24th, say, th? Levee fund is exhausted, and work wifl be dis continued, unless planters shall be successful ir raising funds from tho bankers and capitalists ol Now Orleans. No abatement of tho waiora. pSr The North Carolina Guardian, of the 19th, gays: "From our exchanges wo soo the wheat and other small grain crops are in quito a.flour ishing condition, and hopes are entertained of a beautiful harvest. This is encouraging, and wo hope tho afflictions that we read of throughout the South will be stayed by the many contribu tions wo aro, as a people, receiving, and that in a. short time wc will be able at least to keep starva tion from our doors." j&r Tho Washington Southern Famine Reliof Commission bas reccivod nn additional $10,000 in gold from California. ??r Gon. Sheridan has been autborizod to draw for $5000 to roi ?ere tho distress from overflow on tho Mississippi River. $3S~ A correspondent wants to know*wly an oil maid is like a sucked orange, and then has the assurance to answer his own question by say inf, " JJooauso neither of theta is worth squoex-1 b>r j For I he Advertiser. Aid for Hie Destitute. Mn. EDITOR :-Thc Rev. Mr. M?RTIR, of Co lumbia, has addressed to us the following soto, and as it may be of some consequence to the ne cessitous of tho District, ITO beg that you will pub lish it, os the most expeditious mode of procuring thc desired inlorma'.ion. To prevent imposition, it is desired that all claims for relief should be j in writing, addressed to us, and endorsed by. a Magistrate or two rcrponsible persons-and we will forward them without delay. Those who .cannot write can easily procure it dono if thcir.clsims arc meritorious. Respectfully, M. C. CUTLER," Z. W. CARWILE. COLUMBIA, S. C, Apni 10,1S67. To 3feitn. 3f. C. Eu ler and Z. IF. Candle, Edge field, S. C., GEKTLKREK: lara requested by HisExcellency Governor ORR to respectfully ask from you the following information. How many families, white and colored, are ^thcre within your knowledge who arc without precisions or means of support, and who must perish without charitable aid? Please bc particular in your inquiries, and re ply at the earliest posible moment". . WM. MARTIN. Headquarters Military Post of Aiken, AIXF.X, S. C., Apr. 25th, 1S67. General Ordert, Xo. 4. I. The Provost Court established withifl tho limits of this command by G. 0. No. 21, ndqrs. 2d Mil. Dist., dated Apr ISth, 1*07, will asscuiblo at Edgolield on Monday, the Otb day of May, 1S67. * H. The Court will have power to summon all necessary witnesses, and all persons within this Command aro enjoined to respect and obey the summons of the Court, signed by the presiding Officer. III. Tho Com'd'g. Officer of-the troops sta tioned at Edgcfield, will render all assistanco in his power to enable thc Court to transact the bu siness before it with as little delay as possible, and will, if required by thc presiding Officer, de tail a suitablo number of mounted men to actas Messengers for thc Court. IV. A full copy cf the proceedings in each case will, is s ion as i bc case is disposed of, be forwarded to these Ht adquorters fur revision, and tho uction of the Commanding Officer. V. The Court will i em a in in session until ad journed by order from these Headquarters. By command of Lt. Maj. L. WALKER, U. S. A J. B. BABCOCK*, 2d Lieut. 5th Caw, Post Adj't No Liquor for Soldiers. HEATIQRS. 2.vp MILITARY DISTINCT, 1 Charleston, S. C., April 20, 1807. J General Order, A'o. 12. I.'CTRACT. X. Thc salo of Spirituous Liquors by any per son or persons, to Soldiers, Sailors OT Marines in thc service of thc United States is hereby pro hibited; and any person so offending, procuring for, or giving away to, any Soldier, Sailor or Ma rino ?ny spirituous liquor, will be brought to trial before a Military tribunal, and shall bc fined iu a sum not exceeding one hundred" nor less than fifty dollars, or impri.-oncd for a period not ex ceeding two months; ind Any person giving in formation of any violation of this order, upon conviction of the person accused, shall be entitled to receive one-fourth of the fine imputed and col lected. Post Commanders will require Sheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs, Constables, and thc Police Force within their commands to report to them any violation of Military orders and arrest tho guilty p?rttes. By command of Maj. Gen. D. B. SICKLES. (Signed) J. W. CLOUS, Cr.pt. 3Sth U. S. Infantry, A. D. C. and A. A. A. General. OFFICIAL : J. B. BABCOCK:, 2d Lt. 5th U. S. Cav., Post Adjutant. Mexican advices say that Vera Cruz is closely invested by tho Liberals, seven thousand strong, commanded by Mendez and La Vegas. In tercourse between thc city and the country is cut, off: starvatioi is imminent. Tho city is being shelled. EJ?"" There arc rumo-a that thc Government is ne'gotialing fur the purchase of Sonora and other Mexican States, and :;he price named for tho same is ten millions in gold. The Stale Depart ment does not seem willing to furni:h any confir mation of these stories. ? ? ?jy- A long lime ago, a l?telo buy twelve years old, on bis way to Vermont, stopped ut a country tavern and paid for his lodging and breakfast by sawing wood, instead of asking it as a gift. Fifty years "niter the same boy passed the sume little inn as George Peabody, tho banker, whose name is tho synonym of magnificent charities- thc hon ored of two hemisphere i. . fift- Thc health of tl c French Prince Imperial is said te be deliefjic. l t is a singular fact that fur over a ccutury and a half no monarch of France bas been succeeded by his sop. ?*?" Snow to ibo dep h of four inches fell at Harrisburg, Pa., on the 24h April. JCST A Washington letter states that thc Presi dent is now determined to stand by bis constitu tional right?, so far as Congress has left any to him. He will not nominate another radical oppo nent to please the Senate. Therefore, bc sends jn the names of bis own friends just as fast' as they are rejected. ?$>*' Mrs. " Uncle Tom" Harriet Beecher Stowe is in Charleston-at the Mills House. She thiuks seriously of taking up ber abode in Florida. ?2T-.?J-A m m in Mount Holly, N. J., killed his horse, the allier diiy, by striking him on the bead with bis fist. From Charleston. . CHARLESTON*. April'27-. The annual parade tif the Charleston Fire Department recurred to-day. Some feeling was occasioned by a military order forbid ding the procession moving unless headed by the national ll ig. Thc ' order was c implied with, and the parade was very iulpositig, ai tracling thousands of spectators. Hand engine German won the first prize throwing 193 feet : The Palmetto won the prize for steamers -throwing 2~i2 feet 7 inches. Young America threw 23-1 feet. The Vigilant will be shipped Monda}'. Itntcst from Europe. PAWS, A.pril 27. After business hourn rumors of a Peace Congress were discredited. Rente? declined slightly from an advance of one franc during the day. LONDON, April 27. Paris journals! assure the public :hat there will be no war about Luxemburg, as a peace ful solution of tho difficulty was about to be found. It was not to bc aiToeted by thc neu tralization of the Grand Duchy, a$ such a proposition would not bu accepted on either side of tho Rhine. On the other hand, foreign correspondents to London journals say, though war may be avoided for tho moment, it is certain to come. It is said Bismarck is anxious lor peace, and Couit Mol tko prefers immediate war, as Prus sia is quite prepared, and has three chances to one over Fiance. In thc Bohemian Diet ninety of thc mem bers formally protested ? gainst the irregular ities with which they declared the present election to hjive'been attended, and throwing up their posts as Deputies, quitted the Cham ber. A proclamation hai been published in Rome calling upon the population to rise against thc Papal Government rind yu mising sup port to Garibaldi. A telegram from Atht ps says thc Greek steamer Arcadia has made her third success ful voyage to Candia, and landed provisions nnd munitions of war and clothing for the insurgents. Thc National Assembly has proclaimed re ligious toleration, thc ojual rights of thc Turks and Christians, anti security for the popart/of tab From Wnshington. WASHINGTON*, April 27. Thad. Stevens has written a lette* for pub lication, commenting upon the remarks of Senator. Wilson in his late speech at rjanpton Roads,' in- which he said there ?.-ould bo no impediment to Southern Representatives in Congress if they elected Union men, etc. Stevens, in his letter, says no luau should make promises fer the party ? By what au thority.does any one say that by the election of loyal delegates they will-' be admitted. By what authority docs he say that Vir/jinia will elect two ?oyal Senators when '.here is no Virginia? He concludes, as follows: Who is authorized to travel the country and ped dle out amner'y ? I would shy to the most guilty, except punishment and then quietude; but first, a mild confiscation to par those who have been robbed by disloyal men. These are my wishes, and minc only. The Herald's Washington correspondent says, that Surratt's trial is improbable, ns a deep impression is entertained by the Admin istration adherents of Mrs. Surratt's inno cence, which the son's trial will only make more apparent Sanford Connover, who commuted perjury before the Congressional investigating com mittee, has been sentenced t? ten years' imprisonment. MEMPHIS, April 2C.-Capt. Estes, com manding the post, has forbidden a procession, speeches, or public demonstration in honor of the Confederate dead to-day. Military interference will be avoided by confining the arrangements to simple acts of mourning for dearest relatives. Pickcns District. A very large meeting of-the citizens of Pickcns District was held at the Court House, on Monday, 15th instant. Arnon? thc reso lutions adopted were the following: That in good faith, and without reserva tion, we accept the plan of reconstr.ucrionle.id down by Congress in the'Shermm bill, and the bill supplementary thereto. That it is the duty of every good citizen to. come forward, and tu good faith "end his as sistance to?thc. reconstruction of tt e State un der the Sherman bill, and thus pu>. an end to the evils of our present condition. That we will jointly aud eeverally, use our best exertions to enforce the laws.,and to.se cure to all persons, irrespective of race, color or previous condition, full protect on for life, liberty and property. That every respectable Northern man, or foreigner, who; brings physical strength or capital into South Carolina, should be re ceived as a friend and treated as Such. That in future, no qualification for office, from the lowest to the highest, will bejexacted among us, save that of merit. . " That the security of our political institu tions demands that the highest facilities fur securing elementary education to she masses of the people be guaranteed by constitutional provision. That constitutional provision should be made for the exemption of every man's home stead from levy and sale, that our population may become lixed and permanent to the soil That>the laws of this Sta'e require modifi cation in many respects, but more especially should they be so changed as to do away with imprisonment fur debt, except in coses of fraud, and corporeal punishment for crime or iny other cause. That we congratulate ourselves that, being rtndcr military authority, we have placed over us that humane and enlightened soldier and statesman, Gen. Daniel E Sickles, the Com mander of the Second Military DUtrtct, who is disposed, by all proper means, to soften, as much as iu his power may be, the unavoidable severities of military rule ; and thu., in carry* ing out the arduous and important duties of his high office, he will have our jood will, co-operation and support. That deprecating anything like party feel ing, and di-avowing partizm motives, we in voke the aid of that God who rule.; the Uni verse, speedily tobring order out of confusion, and pray Him to send His richest blessings upt?n our whole country, that we may once more be able to utterifAirith truth and fervor that sentiment dear to every true American heart, " Libert}' and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable." -. RELEASKD.-Col. Scott, one of the priso ncrs sent to thc Dry Tortugnsdurint; the war, under the charge of being a sp}, passed through Holly Springs last week, hi-.ving, by the intercession of the Commandant s daugh ter, obtained his release. It is quite common, Col. S. reports, for the prisoners to be severely lashed on their bare backs, for the ?east im prudence or indiscretion. For accidentally spilling a cup of paint, the C lonni was severely punished. Among thc prisoners still in that horrible bristile, are Col. St. Leger Grenfcl, Inspector General on Gen. Bragg's stall", after ward Inspector Genera! of the Cavalry cf the army of the Tennessee, who has boen severe ly Hogged a number of times; and Mr. Alex ander B. Stewart, 'of Bolivar county. Miss. Mr. Stewart was tried for arson, e mvioted. and sent to the Di y Tortugas for life. The real ? Hence w?.s thal Mr. S , in company willi several gallant Confederates, in 18??8, made an attack upon tho' steamer Ruth-, between Memphis and Randolph, captured and burnt the boat, taking and destroying a lout ?4, 000. 000 ia .greenbacks.-Holly Sp: ings Re porter. -- The bankrupt law passed by the l ist Con gress goes iuto practical operation on June 1. There are many people who are waiting to lake advantage of it, so that the business of becoming voluntary bankrupts will be quite brisk. The Chief Justice of the Su preme Court has appointed Justices Nelson, Sway nc and Miller, of that Court, a commis sion to prepare the forms and practice to be employed under the bankrupt law. Mr. Clin ton Rice, of New Yolk, ha, been chesen sec ?e'ary of thc commission. Of the Louisiana* crevasses, the Iberville ,SW/i,of tLe 13th, reports two additional ones; thc first at the Courtney and Woods' plantation, in th? upper part of West Rouge, and the other at Scott's plantation, above Bayou San, iii the Parish of Pointa Coupee. It says both breaks are on the western bank ol' the river, and will, wc fear, drown out thc lew spots that were still above, water on the Gro>se 'fete. .AU the section of country be low PlaqUemine to the Bayou Lafotirche, will no doubt bc more overflowed than it has been since 1S28. We have had occasion lo meet some of the citizens of Grosse TcU;, For doche, Grand River and Bayou Gouli. All give sad reports. On the Fordochc and Grosse Tele, cattle horses, mules, ho;:s aud poultry have been destroyed in large num bera Thc stock retnainiug on the Grosse Tete bad been drivnn to the bighcdt poiats. The new breaks above reported may occasion the loss of this stock, for none of it can be brought out except by boats, and.this is near? ly impracticable. -? ? ?-; THE LOSS ON EMANCIPATED SLAVES-MORT CAooit vs. MORTGAGEE,-We beg leave to call the attention of the legal profession, and of the people generally, to the following law lately passed by the Legislature of Virginia : CONCERNING COMPENSATION KOR SLAVES. " Thal iu all p ocuedings, either at :aw or iu equity, now pending, or which may be here after instituted, for the recovery of slaves or their values, or damages for their alleged con version or detention, the possession of whom was in thc defendant under bona fide claim of right at thc time, of th? emancipation of the slaves in this CcTmmonwealtb by tho Fed eral or State authorities, the vaiues or dama ges assessed, should thc plaintiff recover, shall be only the valuo of the services of such .slaves from the time of the tortuous conver sion or detention to the period of their eman cipation." If wc understand the purport of the ibove law, it settles the question in Virginia as to who shall be the loser on emancipated s.'aves, where the value? of slaves are represented in bonds or notes, either from saLsor mortgages. It casts the loss on thu vendee or mortgagee. Thc question this legislation involves ii, we understand, now pending before thc Cotirt of Appeals in this Sute. The legislation of the State of Virginia sho^s where, in the r?p mon of its Legislature, thc equity lies.-Char. Mer., 23d. S3T Blind Tom ii to appear ai Paris di jinx th* great Exhibition. . . . ; j MELAXCHOLT OCCURRENCE AT MADISCN FLORIDA.-We have been furnished by an es teemed friend partial details of a tragic and melancholy rencontro, that took place at Madison, Fla., on Wednesday, the 27th of March, in which a meritorious gentleman lost his life. It appears that Mr. Bristow, Principal of ''St. Johns Academy," located at Madison,fer some indiscretion, slapped one of his pupnV, Frank Pope, in the face. Popo immediately left the school room, and procuring a piste 1 from a friend, upon his return, informed Mr. Bristow that he must get down on his knee?, and beg his (Pope's) pardon, or he would shoot him. Mr. Bristow informed his exci ted pupil that he had done nothing for which he should thus humiliate himself and de clined to comply ; whereupon Pope fired five shots into various parts of his body, from the elfects of which he has 6ince died. Young Frank Pope is about 17 or 18 years of age; andthe-sonof Dr. John HvRopevone of tho most successful physicians and ipfloer tial and accomplished gentleman in Madison county ; and we are informed that this deplo rable act of his son has driven him almost dis? . traded-and at last accounts he was laboring under the greatest mental excitement Young Pope had net be?n'arrested on account of the critical condition of his father_Quitman Banner. ANOTHER COLD BLOODED MURDER.-A cor? respondent of the Albany jeeves sends the following' details of ; a brutal murder to that journal : BIKER CO.* NEAR NEWTON, Ga., Saturday, April 13, 1867*-Mr. Editor .--This after noon, half an hour by sun, a brutal murder was perpetrated io the rwiblic road in front of cir. Dowses', two miles from here, by a negro man named Noble, upon the person of a negro woman, shoot.ng her through the breast. It appears from statements on the part of the negroes here (where the girl lived) j. that he had #bepn refused by her and was to be married the ensuing week to another ne gro living on the same place (Mrs. Halls). It appears that she was returning from New ton, where she had been with others lo make some purchases, it is 'supposed for her wed ding suit, when he approacSed with gun in hand, and being asked by her what he was going to do with it, said, " Shoot some game," and raising the piece, despite her entreaties to spare her life, and the efforts of her sister and espoused husband, fired, the effect being instant; death. The cr'.minal has been ar rested, and is now in Newton jail. J.H. BODY FOUND.-It war stated in thePZt??/j?V, several days.ago, that Mr. Wm. Langa, who resided near Grove Stat:on, ia Greenville Dis trict, had disappeared, and that unsuccessful attempts had been madt; by bis friends to ob tain tidings of him. Wc regret to state that on Saturday last-just one week after bis.de' parture-the body of ;he unfortunate man was found in Saluda River, about a mile be? Jow his bouse. From thc appearance of the ^odjr, it is feared that lae deceased met with foul play. An inquest v,-as held and a verdict of death by drowning rendered ; but, as some of his friends are not satisfied, a post mortem examination will bc made of tho body.-Co lumbia Phoenix. -_J?-? -*- * SUITS AGAINST THE POSTMASTERS-Some |.hundred and fifty suit3 have already been in stituted in-the United States District Courts in this city against postmasters and their bondsmen in different portions of the State, and attachments have been i'sued for moneys due the United States at the time of the se cession of thc State of Virginia. These at tachments have been placed in the hands of the marshal to be servid. We learn that there arc about four hundred postmasters who are alleged to be defcultors.-Richmond Ex-? aminer. . COMMERCIAL. AUG 'STA, GA., April 27. GOLD-Gold market ato .stand in consequence of a decline in New York. Sales, to a limited ex tent, made at 138. Buying at 130. SILVER-Silver unchanged. Brokers buy at 127 and sell at 131. COTTON-There was a still farther improve ment in the market to-day. Prices seem to hnvo taken a sudden start upward, having advanced fully two cents during the day. Holders are not inclined to sell, and buyer > arc few. Middling fold this morning at 234?24, but would probably have brought more thi< afternoon, if offered. Sales amounted tu 50 bales, ns follows: 3 at 22, 2 at 2:!, 11 at 23*. 19 at 24 an I 31 at 25. Receipts, 74 bales.-CoH*tilutionalitt. Cu vni.KSTON, April 27. Cotton very firm; sales 220 bales;, middling; 20} ; receipts, 310 bales. NEW YORK, April 27. Cotton I(g2 better; Sul.:a, 2,000 at 2S@2S*. Prices less active and unchanged. Wheat less activo. Corn opened 1@2 lower; closed firmer. Whisky quiet. Pork dull aid lower; New Mess, 2205@22S0. Naval Stores and freights quiet. Li .-ERPOOL, April 27. Cotton firm. Sales, fifteen f ousand bales. Up I inds at 1 li.' Orleans at 11 ;. " AT AUGUSTA PRICES. NOW IN STORE, and instantly receiving, large supplies CORN, BACON, LARD, FLOUR, MEAL, (?R1TS, Together with a full Stock of GROCERIES, HARDWARE, .tc, all of which we are selling at Augusta retail prices, transportation added. . ur Stock of DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, ?c., 4c, is now complete. Prices to correspond with the stringency of the money market. C. A. CHEATUAM & BRO. Apr 30 - . tf 13 To the Public. WE have on hand to Hire at ail times good HORSES und VEHICLES and careful Drivers. Wc are also running a FREIGHT WAGON to Augusta regularly, and will take pleasure in promptly attending to all crdcrs. We will be rc30onsiblo for all packages entrusted to our csre. C. A. CHEATHAM t BRO. Apr 30 tf 18 I Carolina Rice. N STORE, a supply of Choice CAROLINA RICE at 13 cts. per pound. CHEETHAM & BRO. AprSO tf 18 Foiv unm AS? mm, have just received another BEAUTI FUL LOT OF GOODS for Ladies and Gents, which we offer VERY CHEAP for Cash. Come and look for yourselves. MANGET & HARRISON. Apr 23 2t 17 TAX NOTICE. EDGEFIELD C. H., Apr. 23d, 1863. IAV ILL OPEN MY BOOKS at this placo for the collection of State and District Taxes on the 13th May, and will remair here until tho 3d June, after which timo my Bo< ks will bo closed at this point. I will bo at Hamburg en tht 5th June and will remain there until the 8th. and will bo at Gran iteville on the 10th and llth June, after which time my Books will close. All porsons are required to Make returns of all employees in their employ. Persons who fail to make the r assessment re turns by the 9th May, must do io within ten days thereafter, or they will bo doubled Taxed. Persons Selling Liquor or Il?rpbandi?e, and who are subject to Quarterly Tar mun make their Returns ?nd pay their Taxes bj the ?th May, or they will bc double 1 Taxed BEN J. ROPER, T. C. E. D. Apr 23 flt 17 IYOT?CE TO Plaintiffs and Defendants ALL PLAINTIFFS and DEFENDANTS who are iptorestod iii JUDGMENTS" in my Qffico-are hereby notified to pay the Costs by tbe first of Juno next, or Levies will be made to col lect the samo without dcluv. .WM." SPIRES, S. E. D. .Sheriff's Offica, Apr 2J. 1867.* 5117 Wagoning ! IAM now running a WAGON from this placo to Augusta twice a week, aid will bare all Goods entrusted to my care properly and prompt ly delivered. A JL QLOVEB, Agt. **U tf , f