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Perry, which, ol course, will be generally read ; bat, ur. the sume time, we must bc permitted io send forth with it to our reader* our own convic tions ia relation to thc question discussed and the arguments the writer liss brought forv/aril to sustain his position. We rake is sue with him. l>oth as regards hie argument* and the conclusions d-duced therefrom. We sincerely regret tba: Gov. Perry has felt it to be his duty, as a man prominent in thc coun cils of this State for many years, to attempt to make this issue before tue people. We consider it unfortunate, in every r sped, tlat such au issue should be made ot a timo when it ii- uttery futile-an issue whick even if se riouslv considered and thu position of its originator endorsed by a portion of the pto pie, can.onlv b;" productive oi a useless and damaging discord, where perfect unity is de sirable. As maners now stand i y this Slat?, . as tar as our observa*ion extends, the people seem determined to conipiy with thc pruvi siotis of thu bill commonly called the It-icon struction Act, and which, until its provisions are complied with, subjects them to a Milita ry u'overninent. ? We will piss over thc Governor's reitera tion o'" his own consistency in political lift oil aimil it : and although that uniform, s raight-?urwurd course throughout '.VHS m. nt ly at variance w'th the political tenets of tile people of South Candiua and the tmchings <>;' her great leaders, yet his remarkable ?dhu ?ion to his beteredbjc opinions, .. so called," always attracted general attention, if not ad miration. We will ulso forbear comments on thc implied egotism, in the assumption tbut he foresaw and predicted all tho dire evil.? which followed secession ; for that the results of the lute conflict happened to Rive Lima right to the claim of a true prophet of evil, cannot be denied. But suppose these results had been otherwise-suppose tbe South had been able to successfully maintain the cause she so manfully espoused, and escaped all those evils, " lo?s of property in slaves,1' the absorption or destruction of other property, and a thousand other ills which the deso?a ting storm of war heaped np m her-what then '/ It wai a supposable case, and hud !he supposition been verified, wc imagine we could have heard nothing ot the G' vernor'; untoward prophecy. As it might have lieen thou, so is it now, ouly a little more so. Tuen men who were possessed of that "dastatdly vittue called prudence," (we use Governor Perry's own words,) iu the discretion which that virtue teaches aud enjoins, clearly sa,w th.-.t the United States was a great nation, v.ith boundless resources at home and abroad ; and that-using a homely phrase-the poor South stood no chanca in a struggle with her -therefore their gloomy prognostications Ar?te, when all their prognostications have been fulfilled ; now, when the South, through, perhaps, that same "dastardly virtue''-bul we won't say what cause-feels that she made a mistake, and her prominent leaders confess that she did make a grand mistake, and con sequent'y urge upou her to retrace her steps. and take lite only course left her to retrieve her error-they uro told that their counsels are '. appeals to base fear"-such men as Generals LP-O, Beauregard. Longstreet and a host oi' others can afford to stand that, how ever-and to hear the policy thc; command de nounced as '.criminal folly," u delus:0:ij'" ftc. We appeal from Governor Perry, invested as he is with a life long devotion to tl e I "nion, to the people of South Carolina, and a>.k the n if there is any just cause for such denunciations of the counsels of their tried and trusted leaders, who, after doing all-with the gallant co-operation of their people-that men could do to maintain the cause they had e?poused, ?nd failed, now advise them to return to their allegiance to that Government which they had renounced, and to that Union they had Vain ly essayed to di-solvc. No ! The counsels are those of manhood, courageous endurance, and we may add, under our pres-nt political I condition, of statesmanship ; whilst the other course-fruitless carping, cavilling and snarl ing, and the policy urged, inaction-leads to but one inevitable remit, the utter annihila tion of the status of South Carolina as a Stale, the entire disfranchisement of her people, and it may be and probably will be-not the fig urative spectre of the raw head and bloody bones" of confiscation introduced by the Gov ernor-but the actual fact, brought, in th" most indisputable mode, to the homestead and plantation or farm of every mau in the State. A calm review of tho legislation of thc ma jority in Congress, for the past two years, will sustain us in this conviction, if the people re fuse, or negatively reject, by inaction, thc terms of reconstruction proposed to them. But we pass on to :he so-called arguments of the writer cf this extraordinary letter, which be adduces to uustain his position. The specious and, at one time, very pop-.ilar ap peals to the State pride, etc.. of Carolinians- j at that time, however, very much decried by : Governor Perry and his few followers in this j State-are not ari?um3i:ts, -.nd are scarcely j worthy of attention. When Gov. Perry tells the citizens of this St.ite that, by complying with thc requirements of a law ihcy have no power to resist, " they are going to sacrifice their honor as a peop'c j" winn he asks ibis question of the people, while acting under tb ese requirements. " can it be, that tbe prid" cf Carolina has sunk so low and beeii so de graded ?" and when ho tells them that, by so doit g, they are " voting away their honor as men and Carolinians,'" we are bewildered, if not astounded, for the moment, and begin to third: we are wrong, and that our counsel and exhortations are mischievous, if not. traitor ous, to the State. But when we turn to the I conduct of such a man a< Robert E. Lee, when he surrendered h?3 gallant army ; and when we reflect on his course and the authen ticated expression of his opinions on the po litical situation since ; when we read thc de liberate and statesman-like views o' such tried men as' Generals Beauregard, Hampton, Longstreet and many other of the military leaders of thc Southern people, who have been tried and wei ''found wanting;" and when, in addition to these, we have the per sistent and urgent counsel of a larv/e num ber of distinguished leaders in the lisld of Southern politics, men of talent, ar. 1 expe rience, we arc consoled by the refection that we arc in good company, and that, if we are counseling thc people to their own degrada 'iou*and ruin," (the Governor's Words again,) we are doing so in concert with some of the bravest and purest men, whom net only the South, but the whole country, can boast of. But, bef?te we leave this llippant talk-we use thc word with due rc/pect-*about sacri fice of honor, voluntary degradation and all tba', which the " no-convention" men so glib ly indulge in. we beg leave to call the atten tion of Gov. Perry, and all those who think with him. No a single paragraph from a letter ju?t written by Gov. ThrockmortOD, of Texas, lt is this : " It is neither wise nor patriotic to bo sul len and indifferent, to invite additional Irou ble, and to contribute by such oct* to induce the further confusion anti disaste" t jat will KUI ely follow by delay. On the other hand, ?lure is evfcy incentire to action. Peace, with ber ?any attendants of prosperity, htp p?na? ?jc3 gtcd-wll?, ?pi?? it Ihri&maS, --B- MlJBrg^T j^l1.. tgagg<j*g!g**j accord, with thc renewal of respect and i teeni among countrymen, suggests it. Tl perpetuity of the Government of our falhe disenthralled from sectional animosities, a unembarrassed by fanaticism, demands it, X genius of the founders of American ?bet implores it. The renewal of national gre ness upon an euduriug basis, requires it. 1 sad condition of our suffering, starving coi trywomeu and orphan children and disabl heroes, pleads for it. Ourowu powerless a helpless condition, dictates it. Then let not hesitate, but march boldly to tbe wc before us. Hy compliance with the terms Congress, we no more express our appro' of the law than we did when we coinpli with thc terms of the President's proclan tion, by abolishing slavery and repudiati our public debt. We had lost the prize which we fought We m*de that sacrifice an earnest for our desire to be restored to c rights in the Union. There iras no sac) !/ of honor invoiced then- there is none. J/G?C." There is nure forcible truth in this pa graph, brief as it is, and more real sound gu ment which should weigh with thc Sou ern peoj le at this tim3, than ingall the va*. dec'ama>ion about, and ill-timed appeals State pride, honor, & \ And now for another pant Gov. Pei may consider it a source ot proud salUfacti that Governois Sharkey, Jenkins and othi (original Union men) stand firmly uiil bren mg the storm of tyranny and d?grad?t i that hasten hurltd at ti.em"-by this, presume, meal ing the un pe al to the Snj rei Court; but.on this point, we aga'n trtke lea to call bis attention to another distinguish Southern jurist, with whom, perhaps, he is : qua-nted, also a strong Union man-Jud Joho A. Campbell, of Alaba na. Ile has ai written a letter on tho situation, in which says : Ten States are now submissive to a foi of Government unkuown to the Constituti of thc Unite' States, The judiciary power the Uuion is dependent fer its organizati and distribution upon Congress. It is qu fair to conclude that no arrangement of t judicial power would be suffered to rema that .-eriously incommoded the eiiforeeme of these measures. Xor am I able to pi ceive that the judicial power under ita pre<e organ'/, itlon is adequate to efford gubsUnl relief hi the existing emergent, even if t opinion of the cours was as favorable might be desired. .' 1 regard it as an inexorable fact, th there is no constitutional opposition that c I be made to the military bills, that will ha any other operation than to increase the c isting anarchy. *'The;e mititnrv bills afford to thc peo j of thc Slates, with large exceptions, ? means of restoring the supremacy of civil < der, and terminale the domination of milita rule. I may grant that the condition* a harsh and rigorous ; that they viola'e the fi damental law of the United States : and th they promise for the future much of insect* ty and instability. But these admissions not change the aspect of the question, as nc presented, nor do they lessen the obligatio of our people to take the measures open them that will best promote the comnii weal." There is wisdom as well as patriotism the above extract, and we agni., rccommei its suggestions lo Governor Perry, and to t careful consideration of all our r?ade Judge Campbell, in continuation, counse the people to exercise every right, exerci every faculty, and employ every power th these military bills allow, with an undaunti courage, unwearied in duty and un undi turbed tranquility of soul, to terminate tl existing condition of disorder. He says o people have shewn a magnanimity, a heroist a capability for self sacrifice, under thc d mauds of duty, that will be recognized at rewarded; *' and a sulnnissidn lo untowui events docs not imply a sursauter <>f thc great principles.''' Now, people of Sou Carolina, which is the right course to p'irsue that indicated by Governor Throe--morte and Judge Campbell, or that advised ar urged by ex-Governor Perry ? Which e: hibits the most manhood and noble endurar.c to say nothing of rnere policy or ?nteres that of coming up to the work of reconstru tion like men, and making the best of a ba business, or that of sullen indifference, whic will be regarded as contumacy hy those wi had,and still have, the power to dictate term and by giving heed to very inappropriate an j illtimed adjurations not to sacrifice our hom as a people, sulkily but surclj* invite evils < greater magnitude than those you have y< experienced ? Are the people of South Cr rolina prepared for an act of self immolatiot by taking counsel from passionate appeals t i mere scutiment-very injudiciously, if nt mischievously, put fc/th to a helpless people suffering from want, deprivation of meant and cut off from all sources of recuperation and not only self-immolation at the presen but thc entailment of all these dire evils upo those who come after them ? Let them rt fleet, and come to a decision, before, like th madman quoted by Governor Perry, the* butt out their brains against a wall, am hasten their doom, and irrevocably faslet their own fate upon the:r posterity. There is one more argument advanced bj Governor Perry, which, in our humble judg ment, with all the lights before us, is th mere vision cf a disordered imagination ; an? that is a sort of black agrarianism. Ile quote thc cry of a few stupid negroes in Virginia under the teachings of such vile demagogue and charlatans as Hunnicutt, as the watch word of the whole race. But, to be brief, wi refer him to all the public meetings of tin colored people in this Slate, the speeches o the intelligent among them, the resolution! that have been adopted At all such meetings and to meetings elsewhere, a reference tc which we made in an editorial in yesterday"' issue, and respectfully ask him where is c; thc shade of a shadow" of foundation* for ?best visionary apprehensions, and we must add unjust allegations, against thc race, alluded to ? Political rights and privilege's have been couferrcd upon the late fclavcs of the South, but, at the most, it has been in vern few exceptional cases they have intimated, by word or declared intent, any action td thc kind, so injudiciously .brought to thei. notice in this letter. On the contrary, as all we have published in this journal goes to prove, the freedmen understand th -ir true position, appreciate their newly 'aeon red political rights, but in almost erery iuslance, have de clined to step beyond the line of demarca tion, cither in a political or social point ol view, which their own good sense has, distinct ly d lined. Nor will they e7er transgress in this respect, unless such teachings as that of Hntiiiicutt and men of that stripe are allowed to have full sway ; or unless unwise sugges tions and the expression of unfounded appre hensions may instil a different feeling, and evoke thc very action which these suggestions would naturally awaken and lend to in the minds of the class referred to. But this dreaded result, as wc have already intimated, we believe to be only thc mere shadow of fancied coming evil, which will never be re alized in substance, a- we havo endeavored to give evidence of by unmistakable d?monstra tions. We come to the conclusion, then, that it is Governor Perry, and not we or those who think with us, who has conjured up a 41 raw head and bloody bones" to .* scare" the peo ple "into their own ruin and d?gradation." The fear expressed by Governor Perry that there are many white psrsons in South Caro lina who will vote for a convention under the hope of its repudiating the indebtedness of th- State, is equally unfounded as the appre hension we have just alluded to. Governor Ferry may have better means of information than we possess, but our sincere conviction is. that not one out of ten of the white people of South Carolina ever thought of such a dis graceful measure, and we do not believe that one-tenth of this tenth-if there be so many -would attempt io " influence the negro vote to unite with tliem" in carrying out such a project j and still less do we believe that any portion of the white citizens of this State would, in return for this action, "unite with the negroes in parcelling out the lands of the State." We speak plainly when we say that this intimidating counsel to induce tho people to vote " no convention," is only a scare crow ; but, at the same time, wc conceive it to be a slanderous allegation against tho citizens of South Carolina, which is unwarranted in fact, and the publication ot which is. to be deeply regretted. We might pursue the snbject matter of ?orsEBOt Pen/a letter ?till further, batear I limited space forbids it. We entertain neither personal ncr political hostility to Mr. Perry ; hut we felt it to be our duty to express our dissent to the views he has expressed, and the issue which these views suggest and prompt to our ceople, as unwise in conception and dangerous to our ' future welfare as a people. Our lin-its to-day preclude much further com ment upon this extraordinary letter, and we may refer to it again ; bat if onr feeble voice could rfach every household and every voter in South Carolina, we would say to each arid to all, that our only hope for safety-our only tangible reliance for restoration to our rights and the retrieval of our shattered fortunes is in a prompt compliance with the laws of Congress. The people of South Carolina are peculiarly liable to the slanders of those who are opposed to them, when they denounce them as impenitent rebels ; let us not, there fire, by a foolish contumacy, strengthen their hunds or give any cause for their false allega tions. The whole purport and tenor of ex Goyernor Perry's letter we deem unwarranted in tact, and do not n-ilect the feelings or sen timents of the people of South Carolina at the pi c^ent crisis in their affairs. THE ADVERTI S ?RT J?HES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, ISC7. Our Club Rates. Wo arc now furnishing tho. ADVERTISER to Club? at ibc following very low rates: Two Copies ono Tear, $5.50. Five Copios ono Year, 12 50. Ten Copies one Year. 22.50. Twenty Copies ono Yeur, 40.00. No Clubs received for a less period than one year,-and in all oases the Cash will be required in advance. The names of the entire Club must bo sent at ono tinto. Registration. ReuJ Oenl. SICKLES newly-issued order con cerning Registr 'ion in North and South Caro lina. Ex-President Davis in Richmond ! The great and good man, who, inthe time of direst misfortune, has so well represen teil thc for titude of thc Seth, and giveu so much dignity to thc fall of tho Confederacy, is now, for Ibo first time ?ince his capture, without the walls-of For're??.M'iuroo. Ile was to have been produc ed, on Writ of ?tiievmOorjim, boforo the United States Ci cult Court for the Diitriet of Virginia, now in session at Richmond, on Monday last. The particulars of his departure fruin Fortress Monroe and arrival in Richmond will be found in our nc .vs columna. But whether ur not he will be tried during thc present term of the Court, is ?till a matter of duubi. If he should not bo tried, bail will be offered for his appearance in future ; und should this bc re fused, it it boped that President .Johnson will in terposo to prevent his further imprisonment. Whenever he is tried, he will certainly make, ns he stands btfore the bar, one of the mott splendid and imposing Coures tho world has ever ?eeo. -? . Cloud's Creek Flour. Very'noar where Cloud's Creek flow/into Salu da, is a fine Flouring Mill. Whether thc building is new or not, wc arc not exactly Certain ; but we know thht all the machinery is new, and not only an, but of the most improved character. This Mill i' the property of that estimable and gallant geutleinan, Capt. A. P. WEST. Tho Flour turned out from this Mill is in every respect exceeding ly Cue. No one patronizing the Mill, or tb* Flour produced there, stands the slightest possi ble chance of being disappointed. Session of the Provost Court. The Provost Court, established. in Edgefield District, by Special Orders, No. 21, from Major General Sickles, is now in Session at the Camp of the Federal Garrison, three miles from this place. We learn that three negroes, who rubbed the smoke house of Aquilla Miles, Esq., a few weeks back, have boen sentenced, each, by this Court, to two years bard labor in the Peniten tiary. Roth Sides of the Argument. In uur issue of to-day will be found a second important letter from Gov. PERRY, addressed to the Columbia Phoenix] and also the able reply of that paper to thc said letter. A Renuti?cr and a Rcuefactor. A Beautifier and a Benefactor is this skilful Dr. PARKER who lives in our midst. Every day we notice some new exemplification of his Cun ning Art. He has lung ranked among ihe first Dentists uf the country ; and as long as he studies, aud searches, ami practices, aud invents, and Im proves M indefatigably as he does at present, as suredly none will ever get ahead of him. At tnr.king and D'ting Artificial Teeth ho is a very wizard. Thc Hghf?ft, the firmest, the most cleanly, thc handsomest denture ever put into the mouth is that made now by Dr. PARKER. We commend I it nbove all others. And that this gentleman'8 accomplishment in his profession is enhanced by hi< const*nt urbanity and reasonableness is a fact which no oncean dony. It is the bounden duty of all people, whether they be elderly and ill-complexioned, or young ami fair, to supply tho ravages of time or jaun dice or toothache, and present to ?he world n fig ure blooming and agreeable, in place of an object faded and withered. Do you quarrel with your opposite neighbor for painting his house-front or putting roses in his balcony? No. You are rather thankful for thc adornment. And so shoald it bc in this world with personal adornment. .4 What's in n Name?" Who said th'it ? Romeo or Jnlict ? Poverty and unrcconstructcdncss bavo so confused ns that we really forget. There is avast deal in a naine. What American (or Englishman either, as for that) does not revere the memory of Irving, and feel attracted by the mero name of VAX WINKLB, the name borne by old Rip of Sleepy Hollow. VAS WINKLE is a charming and most respectable name. But tho VAX WINKER we have to do with is not sleepy, like his predecessor Rip. No, hc'ii a very wide-awake and go-ahead VAX WINKLE. Ile is the famous Merchant Tailor and Clothes Merohant .rho has been flouriahing in Augusta ever ?ince 1843. See his car l. Ile aay? so him self; that is, as regards the 1S43. His clothes mudo to order arc notoriously elegant. H Ready-made Clothing no les so. We hope Edge field will send him many a dollar. 2.10 Broad Street, under Central Hotel. Wc Rlow the Trumpet of Tame for Quinn. For Quixx, thc indefatigable and very generous News-Dealer of August*. He has again (wo might say again and again) placed u' under obli gations for a lot of late and interesting Papers. QuiXX keeps always on hand a large impply of the newest Periodical Literature, embracing all the latest Novels and Romances by the best Au thors, all tho popular Magazines of hi?h stand ing, all the Literary Papers, all tho Sonsstion Papers, ail thc Illustrated Papers, all tho Comic Paper*. QUINN'S Comic Papers, the "Nick-Nax," the " Budget of Fun," the " Phunny Pbellow," " Yankee Notions," etc., would make a duad man, in his coffin, laugh! QUINN holds forth under the Constitutionalist Office, a few doors obovo tho Augusta Hotel. QUINN'S enterprise is worthy of all emulation ; bis politeness and generosity, of ail admiration. The Abolition of Shivery in Rrnzil. A cable dispatch to tho New York Hentld from Rio Juneiro, bv way of London, announces that slavery bas been abolished in the cm piro of Braid by an imperial decree of Don Pedro ll. The decree provides that all children born within the limits of tho empire after the Sth day of April tast shall be absolutely froe, by hirth, and that ia a period of twenty years thereafter tlnvery and involuntary sorvitudo shall forever cease. In 1850 Brand bada population of 7,177,800, of j which it wns estimated that 2,000,000 wore whites, 1,121,000 mixed free poople, 800,000 civilized In dian*, 600,000 mixed flare population, and 2,000,- j ?OP Macks, ot AftfcsB ?Urea, Postponement of The Episcopal Fair und Supper. Last week we Advertised that tho Ladies of thc Episcopal Congregation were in p'ogreis of get ting up a Fair and Suppor for the benefit of their Church,, and that this Fair and Supper would tako pince at the Masonic Hall on tho coining Friday night. Th? Ladies, however/ finding it impossible to perfect their arrangements so soon, desire us to make.pub?c that their Entertainment will not take place until "Wednesday night tho 22nd inst. Thusfar, this contemplated Entertainment prom ises to be an ovation. Ou thc evening of the 22nd, the Masonic Hall will literally overflow with tho great variety of novel and pleasant attractions which aro being designed by the Ladies. They will .?et e. very grand and perfect Suppor, for tho delectation of such hungry soul* us may wish to call upon them and get fed. We are well assured that the tables will be bountifully supplied with all the substantials that go to make np a good meal, and all tho delicacies that constitute an epicurean ono. While, al lbs same time, thc Bazaar depaitraont will bo a very attractive omnium gatherum of ar ticles, useful un 1 ornamental, beautiful or quaint, cheap orcostly. Nor will tho charra of bright eyes be missing. Nor thc luring strains of music. Nothing will'bc left undone to mako this Fair r.iul Supper one of the brightest and pleasantest Entertainments which has ever occurred in Edge field. Further particulars will be given in our issuo of next week. A Delightful Occasion. . i There cuuie oft" in our quiet village on Friday afternoon of lu.?t week, ono of the most delightful affairs it has ever been our privilego tb witness or to participate in. Wc allude of course to the Union Festival of the thrco Sunday Schools; at which dignity and worth and piety, and youth and fashion and loveliness, rere all present. The ceremonies commenced at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, two or three hundred persons looking on with delighted eyes. The scene was introduced by thc whole, thrco schools passing in procession, with their teachers, from the Methodist to tho Baptist Cbnrch. This pro cession was well dqrigned, and executed its evo lutions in the most skilful manner. First came ail the boys, thc foremost of them having reached man's height, if not man's age. And when the male Hue bad dwindled down almost to the little end of nolirng, then began the line of beauty^ At the head of thia lino iloatud a white banner. This banner was curried by a f tir and youthful teacher, with a tall, bravo youth as her licuten aut. And as the male line had dwindled, so dwindled the line of beauty. The two little mites ot loveliness and innocence that closed this linc were perfect hop-o-niy-thuinbs; they looked steadi ly forward with very large and earnest eyes, as if fearfully impressed with thu responsibility of their position. We have no doubt their teachers had threatened them with the fate of little Red Riding Hood, should they lose ?tcp, or look to tho righi or left, ur c en wink. The latter end of thc linc of beauty was charmingly interesting. " Of such is the kingdom of Heaven." Upon arriviug at Ibo plateau in front of the Church, the watchword was?,la<e ?i/.r durne; and in compliance with its requirements, the youths formed in two lines, face to face, and through this avunue of manly gallantry the lino of beauly pu ?sed into tho sacred building, and took thc seats reserved for them ; followed in turn by 'heir brave companion*. And now if we go to describing the whole thing in detail, we shall bore oar roadors dreadfully ; in fact we believe eon-y body "was there to' soo and hear for himself or herself. There was prayer, there was siuging, there was speaking, The ad dressee'were all exceedingly apropos abd in good taste, thc first elvia-.-nt of which hitter quality was their brevity. Some of them were grave, some guy, all tendet, hopeful, pious, and well fitted for tho cars und heart.?, of tbe youthful listeners. But the most beautiful feature of tho occasion wu s the Singing. When friends meet, and the look of love and word of friendship arc inter mingled with the voice of song, the spirit throws of care and refreshes itself tbnt it may bc better fitted for the hour of toil. Who could hear those frtsh young voices welling forth in gladness and joy and praise, and not forget the trouble* ami trials of life? For all our young friends who saug so sweetly on this happy occasion, we utter an earnest hope : that their high and holy Sabbath School teachings may inspire them to sing with steadfast and glowing hearts the follow ing verse : " Then let nie serve thee all my days, And may my zeal with years increase; For pleasant, Lord, aro all thy ways, And all thy paths are peace." And now from the Church to the spacious Hall of the Fru?ale College, to part.ike of thc Feast, and to while away an hour in chat and laugh and friendly converse; the Sunday School procession entering the H ill in the same order as it entered the Church ; the maidens first, between two man ly ranks ; and then the youths. And finally the general multitude, without standing upon the order of their entering or retiring. Thoro were tables for old men and matrons : and tables for young mon and maidens : and tables for the mer ry little hearts and souls that enlivened the scene with their presence. And the two littlo hnp-o-my thuinbs that bad closed the line of beauty, no tonger having tho fear of Grandmother Wolf be fore their eye?, screamed with laughter nxd floated with boiled costard. And everybody w.is happy nnd smiling and gay : and every one felt tbnt he could engage in this pure and beautiful festival with the testimony of n good conscience. And the feast was everything that unstinted gen erosity and .rteellcr.t tp?tc could stiegest. And a very gratifying ?nd most noble feature of tho whole affair, from beginning to end, was the prevalence of that genial spirit of brotherly lore which forgets creed? in tho high and holy work of doing good. And in conclusion, we cannot but characterize this Sunday School Festival as a most perfoct success: and ninny sweet remembrances of thc pleasant and happy hours spent at it will linger with those who attended. We congratulate the Committee of arrangements upon the admirable and efficient manner in which their duties were performed : and the noble christian ladies and gentlemen, who hare the management of the Sunday Schools, upon the great and lasting good which is so evidently attending their faithful and efficient labors. Banditti of A fri mn Scent. Tho Italian banditti, of whom we road so much, are one thing, andu very tolerablo thing in novels and plays; but Amcrico-Afriean banditti, opera ting in tho neighborhood of Hamburg and Fox's Hill, are another and quite a different thing tolerable, neither to gods nor men. Reid a few linos from the Augusta Daily Pre?* of tho 10th, about n brace of tho latter eins?. Their deeds were mighty, but their enreer short. These ex ploits of their? were achieved in the course of the pa?t two weeks, near Fox's Bill, in th is District: ARRKKTKD - Tho two freedmen who nttaeked and robbed James M. Harrison, Esq.. of Edgoficld District, nod afterwards Mr. Joseph Simon, un his wny to Columbia, hare boen captured and lodged in jail at Hamburg. Tho sword wbioh they bad was fuund in a bouso ut Hamburg, where they were arrested. From the former they robbod, undor the throat ?if killing him, $173 in currency, a silver watch, and other article?. On tho latter they fired several times-he dropped the valise and ;uade bis escupe, Tho names of tho freodmen aro Butlor Glover, formerly a slavo of Mr. Charles Glover, and Wil liam Kennett, of Mr. Love Oouiilllon. Ibe stolon property has not been recovered. The prisoners will he sent Ibis morning to the Military Com mander at Aiken. Wc earnestly hopo their term in the Penitentia ry w|U ?trptch ont to tbe crack of doom. A?other Robbery. Tho Augusta Daily Pre*? of Sunday says: M'S Middleton, widow of William E. Middleton, pf Edgefield District, waa robbod on the mad to Hamburg, yesterday afternoon, about thrco miles from that town. Two freedmen eut her tnfnk from the carriage and made their escape toward Anpittv j ' ; ? .. . A? * * f Lamentable Death of an Honored ff Citizen ot Augusta. . No merchants are more widely known and hon ored throughout our Distract than tho Bnos. GnAY of Augusta. Ono of them, Mr'. PATRICK GnAYj; of the firm of GRAY & TURLEY/ has! lately come to hii death under very cad and seemingly inex plicable circumstance:;. On Sunday morning tho 5th inst., it was discovered thnt bu bcd had not been slept upon during tho prccodiog night. Hii ( watch and chain, dissevered ono.from the other, were found lying upon tb? floor of bis chamber. For fivo days his fate remained shrouded in mys tery; though thc discovery of bis hat in thc rircr ou tho day aftor his, disappearance, gave rise to very painful apprehensions. In the moan-, time, his brothers Messrs.-JAMBS A. and ANDREW (?RAY offered very large rewards fur the appre hension of his murderer, should be have been foully do*lt with ; or, otherwise, for the recovery^ bf. his body. On the Thursday afternoon following his dis appearance, his body was found in tho river, a milo below tho bridge. After having been con veyed to the house of Mr. JAMES A. GRAY, a thorough examination of the body was made by Dr. STEINE?, who failed to discover any marka of violence. The jury of inquest rendered n verdict to thc effect that tho deceased came to his death, by drowning in thc Savannah river while laboring ender temporary insanity. This sad death is But. r.nother proof of thc in flcrutablo workings of divino providence; for PATRICK GRAY was a man of regular habits', of thc most enviable financial and social status, and of great personal popularity. It would have seemed that lifo had for him many charms.. His funeral, ono of ino most largely and hon orably attended ever known in Augusta, took place on Friday afternoon last. Wc respectfully beg leave to express our earnest sympathy in the grief of his surviving brothers. . European News. ' The London Herald of tho 8th, h.u tho follow ing : The Peace Congress met yesterday. Eng land, France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Italy, Luxemburg, Belgium and Ncthcrland wcro repre san ted. Thc proceedings are secret, but this much known, howevor, thnt France is willing to accept thc dismantling of Luxemburg, io it would not remain a monaco. Prussia will not consent un less ail the powers guarantee the settlemen', bind ing themselves to fight cither France or Prcssia, should either suck aggrandizement in that direc tion. Fugland he-italos to giro the guarantee Thc session adjourned to enable thc dolegatcs to receive instruction:, from their respective Gov ernments In the meantime war preparations prooced. Franco is buying arms in both England and Spn'n. The Prussian troops of th B regular army are held in readiness to support Luxemburg. Bismarck declares the sit mit iou more serious than heretofore. Russia is converting muskets into breach load ers. Thc Prussiau Cabinet demands regarding Lux emburg aro assuming a mcnaoing tune. Fin ai Upshot of thc Mexican Business. The latest news froni Mexico is that Queretaro, Maximilian's last stronghold, has been taken, that Marquez, Maximilian's General, has been entire ly defeated, tl-it thc imperial forces have disband ed, and that Maximilian himself is in hiding. And this, wo suppose, is the Anal upshot of that sorry (as it h-is turned out) business which origi nated in thc brain of the. Emperor Napoleon. If any one is to be condoled with on the occasion, ho is the man ; not Maximilian. We cannot, wo .must confess, in tho present straits to which roy alty is reduced in so many quarters of Europe, find it in our heart to pity thc sovereigns who are brought to the necessity of turning their backs upon tho vanities of their exalted estate. A crown in our days is often better lost than found. And Maximilian of Austria will certainly find in his arcbducal competence at Miramar a content ment which he could never have enjoyed in the midst of tho alarms and anxieties besetting bira in the halls nf Montezuma. Hud oven the habitu al cxerciso of power rendered a life of leisure distasteful to him, there will always bo work enough for him in tho distracted estato of his hrothor, the Emperor of Austria, to call forth that temperate judgment, that oalni energy, and that conciliating address for which Maximilian left behind him so good a character, even among the most hopelessly disaffectod subjects of the Austri an Empire. If he has still as much love for the land of his fathers as bc was always known to have, his return to Austria could pot take place at a inuic momentous janeturo than thc present; nor can the New World open before bim as noble a missiou a- he may have a chonos of fulfilling ut home. , And Maximilian being now probably out nf thc way, us fur us Mexico is con^croed, that unhappy country will become the prey of thc contending factions that will arise upon the ruins nf tho Em pire, and again fall into its old-time anarchy and confusion. And sicre it is tho United States alono which ha- prevented the establbhmunt in Mer.ieo of a respectable, firm, stable Severn mont-a monarchy it is trnc, but a limitad, constitucional monarchy it is but right and jun that she should now inter pose in some way-in favor of either Juarez or Ortega-to rescue this seemingly realised land from the degradation and misrule into wbi?h bas so long been plunged. O.ir own piare, the interests of our citizens who have business rela tions with Mexico, thc commerce of-foreign Powc-s. a- well as thc welfare of Mexico herself, and thc credit of republican institutions every where, alike demand that the United States should stretch forth tho arra of assistancennd pacification. Mcxic* has abundant resources of every kind, only nwaiiing security of peri >n and property for their development. W(th eight raijiions of peo ple, her commerce, under fixed and just laws fairly and steadily administered, would be a source of abundant revenues to ber treasury and of wealth to foreign traders. Tho great mass of .?tSJ?L. n her people long for rest, and would welcome sid I from any quarter, which did ?oj. threaten the ovorthrow of their institutions, in"!J*?bjecting to a strong, steady and just Government the parties, and fuctiona which contend fur supremacy at the public expense. The N. y. Tribune snys tho Union Repub lican Committee of Congress arc prudently send ing canvassers into the South. Many will follow the few that have nlready gone. ??!- Thos. ?ebhart was recently taken from the Taylor cuunty ('Ky.J jail, and bungas a mur derer and pest to society. SST" A ludy says the first time she was kissed ibo felt like a tub of roses snituming-m-urrniy, Cologne, nutmegs and cranberries. '''She Tejt als? as if something wo maning through her nerves on feet of diamonds, escorted by soveral little enpids in chariota drawn by angola, shaded hy honcy-BuckloSjjftnid tho wholo sproud wj:h moltod rainbows. " f^^Somo two we-cks ago, in Early coqnty, Ga., (lays the Washington Uazeite,) two men, Guy and Webb, were turkey hunting in the same hotly of foods. Boll) were good yolpers, and ??atead of ?ailing up game, they called each other up. .Mr. Wobb caught a glance of Mr. Gay.in tho under growth, mistook him for a turkoy and fired upon Mm, inflicting a fatal wound, of whioh the un fortunate man dud In a few days. Tho aifamcy Frances nnd schooner Anna Lyons ?ailed from Balt?moro on ?saturday with 11,001) bushols corn and 40,000 pounds bacon for Giorgia; 2000 bushels corn and 70,000 pnupds bacon for South Cnroljna, and 10,000 pounds bacon for North Carolina, furnished by the State OommissioDcrs. g?3r Tho schooner John S. Lite will soon sail from Biohmond for Charleston with 15,000 biisheU ?f oorq on board for (.be supering Carolinians. CST The famine has not ceased Its ravages in ?tflu. In tho districts of Cuttack thc deaths "Tirngo forty per day. |/?r* Tho* cholera is carrying off many pc'oplo io the principal r i tics of Nicaragua. In Leon otk) Jmodred deaths occurred ia one dey. S '..'..' * ; ** ' ti Ex-President Davis. RICHMOND, May,. 8.-The United Stat ;Alarthai| received the-following writ fro Judge Uuderwoo'l to' day, ind leaves with for Norfolk tomorrow-: *:.The President the United States to'Brigadier Geheral-,Hen S. Burton, and to any person or persons -ha inf- custodydf Jefferson Da vi-, g-e( ling- : \] coinuiand yon that you have the body ot' J* feison Davis, by you imprisoned, und detaine as it is said, together wita Ihe ea use of sui imprimaient and detention, by'whatsoev iittne the said Jefferson Diu is may bc calle before our Circuit Courti?jthe Uaitcd Slat ol' the District of Virginia;,;..at the next ter thereof, at Richmond, in the said district, < the second Monday in May. JSG7, at tba ope ing of the Court on that da)-, to do and r ceive what shall then and there be consider! concerning the said Jefferson Davis. Witne; Salmon P..Chase, our Chief Justice of tl Supr?me" Court of thc United'States this fit day of May, 1867. W.H. Barry, Clerk the Circuit Court of the United States, Di trict of Virginia. . < FORTRESS MONROE, May 10, p. ra.-Tl writ of habeas corpus for Mr. Davis was serv< this morning on Cen. Burton by Marshal U dcrwood and Deputy Marshal Duncan. Ge Burton at first decided to deliver the pris ner to the Marshals, but afterward deli mined on obeying the writ literally, requirit him to produce Mr. Davis before the Ric uiond Court. Gen. Burton, Mr. Davis ai family and thc Marshals will^ to-niorrc morning, take tho steainur for Richracn stoppir.e. at thc Spottswood Hotel in that cit Gen. Burton will, on Monday, personally pr duce thc prisoner in Court. In the event Mr. Davis being relieved by JudgeUnderwoc under the writ, he will be 'immediately re-a rested and placed on trial on an indictme for treason. Robert Ould, and numerous other visitoi bearing bouquets, reached here this mornii on a visit to the Davis family. The utmo interest is being manifested in Norfolk rt peering the probabiitics ol' thc trial of M .Davis and his release. FORTRESS- 'MONROE, May ll.-A lar] crowd collected at the steamboat landing an early hour. Mr. Divis left Fortress Mo roe after two years' imprisonment. The lea was touchingly impressive. Mr. Davis walk on one side of General Burton, Dr. Coop on the other; Robt. Onld and tbe brother Mr. Davis, from Vicksburg, who accompanii Mrs- Davis ?md suiter, were followed by sev ral friends. -The countenance of Mr. Dai wa.- cheerful. He received many, friends wi great cordiality on the boat. He was dressi in a plain dark suit, felt ha"., and walks wi a cane. His face was pale und very thin. I .is feeble and his hair is quite gray. . RICHMOND, May ll. The steamer John Sylvester, with Mr. D vis on board, arrived this afternoon, at ha past live o'clock. Long belore her arrival il military arrangements had been made 1 General Schofield. A detachment of infantr from tH Twenty Ninth Rt-gi merit, was prese: and sentinels were posted at intervals, encio ing about a hundred yards square of tl wharf. Outside of this line a large crowd nocrocs and u few white* were gathered. Tl brows of thc surrounding h?ls w^re pr?t thickly covered with spectators. Maj. Vane of Gen. Schofield's staff, '-vho was in cot maud, had' a detachment ot cannoniera the Fifth Artillery, numbering about fifi mounted, as a guard for the carriages. As the steamer hove in sight; with the n tiona! flag flyihg, the most, intense nnrie was exhibited by the crowd to get closer, b there, was no demonstratio"., no cheering < hissing. When the steamer was made fa lion, james Lyons went on board, and, aft a feeling meeting With Mr. Davis, broug] Mrs.JDavjs ashore and ccyluctcd, her to carriage, followed by the two sonants who ? tended her. In a few m?nate . after, Mr. r 7 came over the gang plank, acceir par ... t Gen. Burton aud Dr. Cooper. H> lookt very much changed from what the citizens Richmond remember bim, looking much oh er and rather haggard and feeble ; a full grf beard contributed much to the change. ? wore a heavy black overcoat and came ashoi with a very firm step. The party immcd ately got into carriages, ano, surrounded.! the mounted guard, drove lapidly by a sit street up towards the Spottswood Hotel, tilt dis?ppoinliug the large crowd which ha gatherod on maia street, near the wharf, t sec Mr. Davis. Qa the trip up Mr. Davis was quite cheei '. '., md as he bad no guard, walfced ft eel about the boat, conversing with the passer eers, who were all anxious to speak to hin He said little about his imprisonment, bl spoke io tprms of warmest a flection of ej President Pierce, who visited him on Thun day last. Ile said there wat r-o fnan I?V?D for whom he entertained a higher regard. A Brandon, on the way np, a number of ladle had gathered to speak to him, who shed teat on seeing him ; they nearly all had been a< quaintaucesof his family during the war. There is a large and curious but orderl crowd around the Spottswood Hotel, waitin to get a glimpse of the prisoner. Hu will rc main in Gen. B-.irtor.'s charge until produce in court Monday. The citizens, generally, i deference to the' wishes of the authorities staid away from the dock, though many c them were stationed in the doors and win dows along Main street to see Mr. Drivjs a he passed np, aftor '.lin p.roc-sslon entere that street. Ho occupies thu saine s?jtc c rooms at the Spotswood that he did in IRGl - It is'the opinion expressed by one of Mt . Davis counsel, that if bail is refused him, th Kxpcutive will intervene to pnivent his furfhe co-finement, until his trial comes off. Mmy of Mr. Davis' friend1, will vi^it tin to-night and to-mory.'W. The crowd around the Spotswood Ho'c dispersed lifter vainly wailing lo see Mr. Da vis. Ile bas ? private pirlor, and lakes hi meals in his own roo n. This evening he rc j eked thu visits of nearly one Lunur?d o ! our most prominent cu zens, sinai'- tb.c-r, lbj i pastor of St, Paul's Clniroh, Wu'-lO he ftrg received thc news of thc bn akihg of Lce'? lines. Tu'nrq is uo ro.siriction on his a.pre tneuts, and he has the liberty of the li-'Use. SENATOR Wri-sox.-This iravellitrg mission nry of the Radical party delivered, yesterday afternoon, at the City Hall, a Jong winded rambling speech to a large crowd of colored; pcople,.men, women and boys, and a few whites The negroes applauded muchly. . The speech was made for the party-not the coantry-> und abonnded ill fake i-tatemenis. parUcu?ar .lythe assertion that the R-publican party hail never lied!- He told one truth, however : he said, that the resolution pissed by Con gress in 1861, declaring that tliewar whs not waged to subjugate the Sonthern States or to interfere with their jnalituti' ns (slavery) was often thrown up to him ; it was true, he con tinued, that Congress did pass th,e resolution and at the time intended to carry on the ton test according to thc Constitution and the laws ; bu'f, aller eighteen months,.hoping that the secessionists would reconstruct, they (Con gress) did what they ought tc> have done at thc beginning-abolished slavery, Which we think, according to his first sentence, meant abolished the Constitution of the United States. The speech, at least tho portion we heard, was a labured effort to sccure the votes of thc black man and the white gulls for thc Radical..party at all hazards and even through, utter demoralization, which Would anally end jn a ponte? between"the races. At night a large crowd of yelling freedmen with torch lights aud banners and music, mnrehed from the Lower Market to the Plant ers' Hotel to serenade the Senator. On one of the transparencies was tho initials and names of the happy family-E. B. B.-.'Bry ant, Blodr-ett and ?rown, Wp - did not see any of the aHku in tho procession. ? We cxpectod to see a few, nt least, of tbe four hundred whito converts boasted ol', carrying their torches and ban ners. We doubt not but their colored bre?h-, Ten in politics expected the same.-Constitu tionalist, 8th. $33* The New Orleans Thu",. .tt'tVfi 14111 fiieajiune, it ?1 reported, bavo received an a5mo-. iii?'in ?rom Qenor.il Sheridan not t? indulge in de nunciation of tho rtjenn'truoiion law. ?S3"*: Tho expected spring " ruiV ha's riot coui'c ,n New York. AU description a of dry .geods^ except bleached.goods and fashionable prints, are ?till declining, and the best iubrmod exp^ri fBTtfc? e-ad?a* j Generar Orders No. 18. CHARI.S*TOX, May O.^?j?n. Sickies bas is sued the following order :' .. - . HEADCLSS 2n MILITARY. -DISTANT, . CuAiu.KSTo>-, S;;?., Mtiy i. General Orders N'a. l?~. .i -W?t. On the third Monday of JalyUKxt, iii obedience to the^qairementeof {bc. Act of Congress, pHVdl?arch 23; 1867, thrCom "rnandinp Genere! :will proc< ei ?od.-canst: to 'be made ax??istralion bf the tiiate^?iUzer.s :of th? Uniteu\St?t?; hverh^oneyears of age and upwards,' residents of X^ottb and South Carolina, not disfranchised for participation Hn tbev'rebcllion, or for felony at comoon law. - Second. One or moro Boards of RegiaAra tion, consisting of threo discreet and quali fied persons, to be appointed bv the Com manding General, will be organized in ouch County or city, to make,.and complete the registration," superintend thY'election to be held thereafter for? delegates to a- conTontioa to frams Brconstitqtion. and ma?e return?, to him'of 'Lhc votes, 'list of " voters, a~wl of^'-be persons elected as delegates by a plurality of the votes cast at such election. Third. The Counties in North Carolina and the geographical Districts in South Caroling will,"for the purposes ol tegisfrafion, be;d?$d; ed into convenient registration precints. In e*ch registration precinct, a Board of Regis ters will, if practicable, be organized. Sere ral places will be-designated in each registra tion precinct wherethe Board will meet, Mid citizens eligiblo to registration i may (ro md j be registered. ? The Board-'?f - Registration-] will remain in session two days, from suurise to sunset, at each place/of meeting*. Ottjthe? adjournment of the Board, a copy of the list of persons registered will be deposited wa suitable place within the precinct seven d^ys for public information; aud thereafter be Board will again visit every 'precinct, and re vise the list of voters, hearing .'obj?ctitras from citizens as to any adjudication male, and register any,person who may have bo?n unable,:;by reason of-illness or other good) and j sufficient cause, td" attend th? first session bf the Board. Fourth. All person? appointed to make lie said registration of voters and to conduct s lid election iwiUJ te^^^r^/^Sdbr?; jt?tetjog. upon their duties, to taite", arid subscribo the oath prescrirj?d-by.tte:Act .'approved. Jul?)2r? 1802. entitled "An Act to prescribe aa 0*.t h ' of office and if any person shall falsel/ltke and subscribe such oath or affirmation, st eh pcjrsdr* so offending, and being-du ly convected thereof, shall be subject tb the paiqs, penal ties apti d?s?bifitiej? wbicb, byjav^ j?re^>ro7i . ded for the punishment o'f the crime of wiUul anti corrupt perjury. The form of the oath is herewith published, as follows : " I, A. 13., do solemnly wear .(or . affirm) that I ..hi) ve, never voluntarily , been.-in arms - against the Uni.ed States since"! nave been" a" citizen* thereof; thai 1 have voluntarily given np a:d, countenance, counsel or' encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility theretJ : [that I have neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise, the functions, ot atty office whatever under any authority,., or pre-, tended authority, in hostility to lue United States, and that I h.'.ve not yielded a voluntary support to any J>l?ctended Government,,.aa? thprityf power - or cousutution, .'ifricuia'j ?k United State's, hostile or inimicable_ thereto^ And I do further swear (or affirm) that, "to t2T?" best of mytknowledge and, abUifyy I-wiljaup pjrt aud deff^d^h? jj"oD^Ut?t?on^ t;d States against all enemies, foreign or Do mestic; that I will bear true faith and nj'.e^ gtance to the same; that I will take this ob ligation freely, without 'any mental reserva tion or purpose of evasion ; and that I' will well and faithfully discharge the dnries-of tbe office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." . Filth., Members of the Boards of Registra tion will be allowed, ns compensation, a. day for each day actually aud necessarily em ployed in the* performance of their duties, and ten cents a mile for each mile traveled on duty. Officers'of the'army, detailed c n such duty, will be paid the" pcp diem and mileage allowed for attendance on courts marti il. Sixth. Any citizen desiring to serve as a member of a Board of Registration may for ward his application to these headquarters, (.addressed to^Cap?aia Alexander Moore,- ,t. D. CT. No application will be considered, W less accompanied by a written xvcomrnenda tion, signed by either tho provisional Gover nor tff thc State, a .??u-lgo of the Circuit cr District Court of the Uoited States, a coller-, tor or other principal officer^of c? 'o jj^ or cfJ infernal revenue, the As/is'ant Co...missioner' of the Freedmen's Bur^u, or the command ing t ffiscr of tho iftilitary post within- wilpa, tbe applicant resides, certifying the applicant to-be a fit and proper person to receive .tb? appointment. . ;. ' Seventh. Tt is essential thnt o'c-ry Bonni of Registration should be competed of person? of recogniz-d consideration and worth, fairly representing the population, and in wbos-? impartiality and capacity, the,body of voters in the vicinage may have just reliance. ? Eighth. The boundaries of precincts for .e gistration, the several places within-each pre-' cinct where the Board of Registration viii meet, the day or . days on wh.ij>li th? Board will meet in each p^ipi, and. also, ;sactf. regulations ^ way w necessary for "tbe'gov ernm?til of registers and of inspectors of elec tion in the disch :rge ol their duties; and ?o' ensure the accuracy and completeoes.s-<f the registration, will bc duly published.fot>gene ral information. Ninth. Post e?oruaudcrs;\?Ui WpoffV with out delay; upon th? jaoj;? expedient division ol'tbe'terrify within their command* into I rcyisitntion precincts, having reference, when 'practicable, to existing laws and customs, es tablishing the usual voting- places, and ke?p' ing in view the importance ol..aflurdj^g.am ple facilities for registration, vf;th tho leas; ?nterruption of the prd/isiiry avocations of th? people," .. - }ij summand ofM?'or-General D. E. Sickles. J. W. CLOUS, 38th I., A. 1>. C. &r A. A. A. G: The Atlanta TnitUig.eue.cr learns that tho whe*t crop alnn|? th? line ot' railway in Virginia. Tennos.-ec nnd Georgia Itfoks unusually fine^an? if no untoward circura?t;inces retards its growth, the yield will bc abundant. :<.;., ^9-Gov. Throikmortopj ci Texaj,.Bnyshehaj not reoomm^deSpeVs?hi't.) register, and*debHnes' Ul d-sci hooks and papers bare arrived. The work of registration"1ii-expeeted~to~comm?iee so in. ^ . ??59"* Ex-Mayor Monroe, of Now Orleans, arrived. ait Washington on the 2d instant, on his wny North. In conversation he^tale? .that; a? was^furniahed. with?io r?ajoh fir bi? ri!moval*frDm tob Mayoral 'ty I'J General Sin-rid.m, and declares ( that he proposed to tho militar;/ authorise!Wl?d-theia> in executing the laws oC Congress, and in. carry ing out the details -of the Jlecuii;(ru*tion Acts. Ho adds that thus far iib?>ui citrht thou|ind per sons have boQu rejsia?eTed in New Orleans, but says '.'Ma* with thc pre?sat.registry, .the colorod men will carry tho .city by several thousand; and olect men of .their owr race to the nyvnioipul oflicos. - ^?9* Hon. Elijah ?i??,?...t?st elected to Congress from th? Tfiir.i , Djhtrict, ?Kentucky, committed suicide rete .tlj?-leaving ?note that the sinte of thc country and, his advunctd ago led him to seek refuge in Jen:h. 83?" Mr. Nicholas Hammoud, of New Marion, Ind., was struck, by lightning on tho morning of the-(th instant. .Mr. H amino ml xtaj alone in a meadow at tho tiu\e, aj?i] -?as ?ot found for about ! a,n l,\ouft, awl when di?c3vcrcd was entirely di- - vested of bis clothing, oven to his boots, which j were either torn or burned off him; ono of theTnM was found fifty or sixty yards from bim. Tho electricity ontered th,e ground near whore the I boot was found. At "latest accounts, Itf*. Ha>. mond was. yet alivo/ but theip wai nc pros^ect o? ; bi? recovery, C?D^id^rD^lcj^iantities cf'war material, aro arriving at^St. Louis, ar? be?og^ent TrTtnoi Misso?fl river fei nfc >>thc pftloV^?inst tho l'udii}??...,. ^ . . ,J . . . , t5"*Twv^iittmothifipa *>rrair-otee KO feet. 'tom ?nd, ' f?Uanal^ ? .*h? i-: . j .?Mt *i. ' . * ; t ?V?ifV -If .1 it 4te*a4 4- ?ft HYMENEAL. M ARMED, on the 4th April, at th? residence of the brides father, iiy Ber. J. W. Caldwell, Mite SALLIE TEMPLETON, of Carroll Co., to Or. L N. LOWE, of Panoli Co., Hiss. COMMERCIAL.^ AUGUSTA, May IL GOLD-Brokers are baying et 135 and Bellini* atm. COTTON.-Very little hos been done to-day. AU tbe sales were made before noon adrices ??re received, after which bolders asked' 1 @2c. ad vance on morning prices, bat no bayers appear ed. Sales to-day amounted to 4? bales, as fcl ^.w*******?* rt ti; lt mVttj .l.'sA'Ufc1 < il jj ! and 7 at 25. BACON^WetlSitglAj^LcTiWew^li^lJ;.. Hams, 16@20W%-ft7 ?? - -' .V FLOUR-$18@$I8,50 T# bbl., according to ij[nality?i?i'w?i i-nnn? GRAIN-Corn, white, $t,65@$l,70: yellow $l,60.-"Oftts,$l,01). Bya, $l,50.r . C0RN.MEAL-Sl,6? -g bmhe?. BUTTER-Goshen, 37?Vt; coal 35cts. f> lb. CHEESE-21 @24 cts. ft. COFFEE-Rio, 25@28$: Ja- a, 40(2.45. LARD-12i@18 cts. Igl lb. .SYRUP-^ gaUon/s'^Sl?.O; Molasses, 60 dered, 18; A, 17@17 ; B and C, Ida 17ctl. *# lb. SALT-Liverpool, tp sack, $2.60. RICE-Carolina, ll@ 12} ct*. 11 EGGS"- *? doter, 2O(?J0Ojt?.|- -r - y - The Commissioners of theVPoor for Edgefierd , District,,or M many as. can conveniently assem ble, will please meet at Edgefield C. H., on Sat urday next, the 18th inst., to take into considera tion the distribution of supplies wliieh havrvbetn A .furnished for ibo destituto. of Edi;o?eld District. . . , .... i. ?L C. BUTLER, . ''- "2. V. CARWILE. May L3tb, i OT Closing Out Sale ! j?eriaffiS HE Subscribers, io order to close out their I^UGE^TOCK OB/SPRINfl A?*J) SJIMMAR^ il OODS, jereeiew a^?ngih^: EKmjjMTOTBTi a xraw PRIEES!13 fl .. Now is tho time to purchase at VERY LOTT FIGURES, ^ THE B?ST? TiDMEWTICil BEST READY-MADE CLOTHING, LADIES' AWD^rftirsES' IffATS, ^_BONNETS, LADIES^ SHOES-,--AH Styles, MISSES' and CHILDREN'S SHOES, GENTS' BOOTS AN I* SHOES, HARDWARE, CROCfiEltY, & c. ;?2?~0all and note tko extremely low pvi-es at whioh we hare marked our Goods. - ... CII?ATg4M & BRO. May 15 tl 20 Merchant Tailor, BINDER CENTRAL;-BO;TEL, . 23? Broad St:?eet, AUGUSTA, GA. IVoW on hand a SPLENDID STOCK of CLOTHS, CASSIMEHES, TESTINGS andi COATINGS, whieh will be manufac tured to order ia tho 31 O.ST FASHIONABLE. , -STYLES. - ' ......._,_. . -ALSO ? \"' *jr * tL. ? ? * ? . A Fine Stbok of Spring and Summer ClotllilTg, (ALL FRESH GOODS,}: Furnishing Goods, &e ?S?* All Goods sold at the very lowest price?. Orders solicited. J. A? TA5? FINKL&Y ?T Augusta, May.13 3m 2? M. L. BONHAM, AT ? O RN E Y AT L AW ASP Solicitor ia jopith j EDGEFIELD, S. C., * TT ILL Practice in tho QtntU of this State - ,*prU.2ndt .. , 3m_14 ?fohlt Thos. A. Bones, ' '-*' AlffsiUSTA, GA., HATE ON HAND A LARGE STOCK.- U Or* SCYTHE BLADES, GRAIN CBA* .VT DLES, GRAIN RIDDLES, W4>Vfe 1 - WIRE, SCYTHE STONES, and a few FAN MILLS, which they will SELL LOW. .A?gu>ta, Apr 15 ' "... . . 2m ; 14 , Buggies and Wagons- ; IHAVE on hand at my Shop, situated *ear ? ? Good Hope Church, a;few NO. 1. BUGGIES,, of my own manufacture, and of ?reed anis?* Also, on? excellent TWO HORSE WAGON- ft j f?j Wagon? and all kinds. ofTeJOel.ee repaired ab short notice, and ut low price.-. - To persons wistaton t? exeaknge ot baiterproi / . r, visions for work done at my Shop, satisfactory trades will bo given. * .' f J?S.S.HUGHBS. Ueyisl > j ?.^ stw 5? Tomatoes-late Varieties* ^ GREAT CHIHUAHUA. , ' .... , "AlUn?W ?ndimpTored rarietiet.- - Seed* of tho - above for sale by R. H. MIMS. iky IS*-*1" .%?* lt_20 LUMBER! . LUMBER ! THE' Su VrrTiber hes on hann At 'tis! (?Malar Saw Mill, situate within 2? miles of th? rruic]eace of iii: E?>o*!Wat?on, Sr., "100,000 FEET CHOICE VJN'E. LU.IIBEifr Embracing every variety required by Builders such as Framing Tiniber,' Souat?ng?V Wsewher boardiag, Flooring, Ceilinr, Foocieg, Ae., Ac, all of which has boon cut under his own supervision, from the best Stocks, ?nd i's noir bfetef; well sea soned. ....... - . " , JjaerTormsr $lu per thousand,, in Cerreaey, at tho Mill. ' ? ' . . . ? . Orders for-Lumber Ulled ol'Ut? shortost notieo. . . / . , ... STI?VBNS. Ridge, May 6, V[ ; I " -*tlO rR salo at thIi','?y?erL,lw'''>rfi'AKst8 OF ALL KINDS at tho most reasonable pricee j for Cash, . May 15" rf Jj_20__ ^ TAX NOTICE.' EDGEFIELD C. H.. Apr. 2?d, 18<W. r?WIL*>OPEN MY BOOKS at this place for the collect hu of StKtd and District Taxes on the lSih M*y,- and will, remaip hot.? until the 3d june, after which time my~Bouks Viii Tje cloted [ nt this point.' )' ' - ?(T :I' I will V? ?t Hamburg on tho ? th June and will ? remain there until*the Sib. and witt be ni Gran \L*i?\o on- the-iOth and 11th June, oJ ter which ; time my Books will close. "c ,. ^ All persons are rc qu i red jQ_aake^TO*nnrf^ . ^employees In their employ? ""' Persons.'who f??> to make i heir vae^?j?e?Uf ev ^ tum? fy tye ?tn ^?y.TBtrtfm^-wftffi^?^^? fb?r?af??Ti'<>r'tbf?r*n1 a*xi?ubl?d tf-atea.--. .M *( . Ter.toos Soiling LirfttW or iMevebAnAit?, ! who a.---^i'nbj?t ?? O^'arkrl^TermwnmedteGMte..,-!. j ito!urn? ?nd par-theip Taxes ty tboirth May, or . !;theV*rfilllbe dwbtod'T?x??d:-*f*r?>.. ?' *.r" | ? M U .* . ISNJr^RGP*?, ?Ti C.. -B. Apr? '^t^mt?tjm *M^t v? i ^ nm.-"