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?* UI?LISUED EVKUY WEDNESDAY MULKINO B T . D TT EIS OE, KEESE & CO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. IN" VARIABLY IN ADVANCE. The ADVERTISER is publishedregulurly ov ary WEDNESDAY MORNING, at TH REE DOLLARS per annum: ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CTS. for Six Months; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for Three Months,-alicny* in atlraii?e. .A-2T* AU papen discontinued at thc expiration of the time for which they have boen paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Advertisements will be inserted at t berate of ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS per Square (10 Minion liaos rele?a.) for tho first insertion, and ONE DOLLAR foreaeh subsequent insertion. ,/3y A liberal discount will be made to those wijhing to advertise by thc year. AnnoonoiigCandidates 55,00, in advance. F?-rn> the Cn'.i.. lin Pi.wiii.r. 31 r. Ferry an? His Letters. URSSRS. Ennroits: We have carefully rend the three letters published by the Hon" B. P. Perry, advisory to the citizens nf the State ir. their present anomalous condition. These l?itter<, addressed to the public, aro open to critici-itn without an imputation of a personal attack. Their conception may have been dis passionate, but they are certainly dogmatical, illusory, ill-timed and mischievous mid tb> last one is a mongrel argument on both sides of the question, which, if worth anything at all, prove*, that Mr. Perry is, ns he has always been, consistently wrong. No inspiration of prophecy is claimed, but Mr. Perry continu ally prophesies, and always affirmatively ; his sooth-saying should enlighten us from a neg ative stand-point, and foretell the result if a majority of tbr-: ballots are endorsed "No Convention.'' nc predicts a direful future if j v.e hold a convention ; does this argue les? evil consequences if we hold no convention? Suppose a majority of the voters of South ,Ca olina-white a id black-coincide with Mr. Perry, and vote as he suggests will be guarantee a short-lived military government over the State, and a more speedy restoration to the Union, with our old State Constitution intact? Cati Mr. Ptrry or a:iy other sane "man anticipate such a political future for any of thc Southern States ? Does he not know and experience the fact, that South Carolina is virtually and practically as much out of j the Union as if secession had been a success? Is he, and are we not all. painfully but forci bly taugkt by the occasionally published or ders from military headquarters, that we are but conquered provinces, at the mercv of our conquerors, and that State sovereignty is ex tinct? If such is not the case, wherefore these military sub divisious cf our State ? ii we have a single individual right reserved to the State, whv can we not, as a State, open our courts and execute the laws of the land ? If we are a State, bow is it that Gov. Orr continues to occupy the gubernatorial chair by mere sufferance ? These, with many others loo'patent, are f.icts, and melancholy facts, which prove thal we asa State may claim none other than thc simple right of obedience, if this be a right. If, then, tLc former citi zens of South Carolina voluntarily obey the laws imposed upon them, the enfranchised class will be required to do tho /fame. By this means, increased privileges will be given to one cla^s, while additional rights will be secured to the other. The reverse of this coarse would create antagonism between the two races, and array the ,l powers that be'" in hostility against, the whites. Then why u kick against the pricks," as Mr- Perry ad vises? True, the Reconstruction Act allows the ballot-to declare convention orno conven tion, in letter, but its spirit, and the tenor of all the legislation of the recent Con gress, plainly reveals the inevitable necessi ty of vital alterations in our State Con s'itutioc, which, if not tnadc by ourselves, .will be made by Congress. Mr. Perry may say this would be unconstitutional. Suppose it would be, what is a constitution more than a mere parchment to a radical Congress ? Let the vetoes of the President and the recent dodgings of the Supreme Bench answer this question. Another point. We think Mr. Perry has discovered a mure;s nest, and Hushed a bug bear in the plurality-neg^ro-voie, which fright ens only himself. Nearly one-half the Dis tricts of the State have a white population equal to, if not more ?umerous, than the black. In those Districts where the blacks are in the majority, does it necessarily follow that the black males over twenty one years of age are more uumerou . than the white malts of the same a*ge 1 If OHC in eight of the whites before the war were voters, we think it questionable whether oue in ten of the blacks were of that age and sex which wou'd cutitle^them, under enfranchisement, to vote; for it has always been a conceded {?ct, that a'aong the negroes there were more women and children than amongst the white race. What is the case to day 7 The youths tf j South Carolina, who have grown into man hood since 1 i>(?;?, will, in all probability, ex ceed the number of voters lost by disfran chisement aud thc war. Hence, in a general State vote, the aggregate would onry be di minished by the number of emigrants since the close of the war, which would be a heavy loss, we admit, but nothing, comparatively, to the emigration of the blacks. During the war, there must have been a very small per cmtage of an increase amongst thc mab backs, for there was annually a constant flow of these people to other States, and much the ltrgest portion of the black emigrants since the war has been voters. The disparity in numbers, of all ages and sexes, before the war, was about 100,000 in favor of the blacks. If a census were taken to-day. wc believe the white inh?bil ants of South Carolina would number 300,000, while the blacks would not more than reach 350.000. Tbeu, if the 300, 1)00 whites gave 37.000 votes, we think it ex ceedingly questionable whether the 350,000 blacks would give more than 35,000, or, at most, as many as 37,000. Then, if the two classes should unfortunately be arrayed in po litical hostility against each other-which will most assuredly be the case, if such men as Mr. Perry and Senator Wilson are to be list ened to-can not the whites, with equal num bers, all the property and more intelligence, pilot the old ship of State once more into a haven of p?ace and quiet ? If they cannot, then they fhould yield the helm to the other class. Bat there is another point. Suppose the registered blacks to outnumber the registered whites in a State's registration ; where did Mr. Perry learn that the blacks would, to a man, desert their white acquaintances, and cling to snch bigh-sceBted scallions as Wilton, Kelley and others ? We cannot believe it. There is too much fidelity-call it intelligence, if you please-among the masses of the col ored population throughout the State, for them to be caught up aud led astray by the clap trap arguments of such demagogues aa these. We grant you, that in our cities, where so many hundreds of idlers congregate, there may be seeds of discord sown and evil results follow, but we cannot anticipate any such ?onsequences throughout the country, where the industrious laborers are in constant dealings with their humane employers, and by whose exarrnie and advice they must be inflneneed. At least, weare willing to risk the consequences, and voald advise every true son of South Carolina to be registered who can, and to vote for a convention. A PLANTER. J. WILKES BOOTH STIJ.L ALIVE.-A letter from Andrew M. Wilson, at Galveston, Texas, to thc New Orleans Picayuae, gives an ac count of an interview wi :h a gentleman in Calcutta, who had won a bet of five hundred dollars that Booth was alive, and had pro duced tho oath of two reen, selected by the man ^Ith whom the bot was made, who swore that they bad seen him. This write." say8 that Booth's whereabouts is known to fi76 persons only, who know that he is Booth. He is living in obscurity, far from his native iand ; and is perfectly safe, as his disguise is so complete that his own brother would not recognize him. ? ? ?n j0r Th? BOOM ot Friser, Trcnuolm A Co.. Reconstruction. ?.HE ORR AM) PERRI PARTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA, [from the I?ic/iMond Examiner."] Such of the people of South ?Carolina as feel called on to possess political opinions, at tbis time; are dividing themselves into what may perhaps be called the Orr arid Petty parties, upon thc question of reconstruction -both agreeing in the indefensibility of the Polandizing bills, but the one counselling a co operation with the Republicans in carrying them out, while the other-the followers of Governor Perry-proclaim their preference for perpetual military control, over the Hay tian governmc nt with which South Carolina must be cursed, under the practical workings of these acts. It appears to us, with all deference to the views of the very distinguished leaders of these two parties, that*they are wasting their energies on a question that has not yet arisen. We are called on to consider very variant propositions at different stages of this great political revolution-questions so entirely in dependent of each other that it is not only unnecessary, but altogether inexpedient to eonsider them together. A man may very well take the necessary steps to insure bis right of suffrage without ever designing to exercise rt. Ile mp.y re solve also to exercise it, without at this time determining whether be will vote for or against a convention, much less for what par ticular candidate bo sba'lcast his ballot. And although a convention be agreed on, kc may very well reserve the question what action he shall take on a constitution, the provisions of which no living man eau tbre<ce. Many reasons conspire to commend the application Jo our case of the maxing Mmake haste slowly," and chief among them is the very manifest reaction that is taking place ut the North. At present, the people of the South have but one matter connected with recon struction to consider, and that is the proprie ty of registering. A. natural indignation at the entire system -thc disgust which every freeman must feel at its flagrant infractions of almost all the rights which the world has regarded as pecu liar to our form of political administration, and, lastly, a desire to avoid all responsibility for the anarchy that impends, have driven many men to thc resolve to decline registra tion, and thus formally and finally sever their connection with the defilements of mob poli tics. It is impossible to imagine a more fatal de lusion. It is worse-it is a disgraceful 'mo. It is throwiug down our arms in the pr?sense of the enemy. It is a wicked .abandoning of our friends, who have resolved to fight with what weapons ?hey have, for freedom. It is playing into the hands of Radicalism. Let us be admonished by the case of New Orleans and Washington. In the former city the apathy of the people seconding the enormous abuses of Sheridan's rul?, hail given the absolute control of the vote of al most every ward to the blacks ; and nothing but the order of the President to the barn burner to prolong the time of registration, prevented thc consummation of the outrage. In Washington, however, thc mischief is completed, and it is beyond the power of any authoiity, as it would appear, to save the white voters of that city from the couse quences of their foolish resolve to decline a registry. If this ?3 not to be the fate of the South, I every citizen, old tmd young, who is qualified, should register, who is entitled by leave of of our misters to that privilege. Register, and you are free to vote or not as you please, and have the further, the great freedom, as time will show, to use your power when you desire to use it. Refuse to register, and you can never help j'onrself, your friends or your State. The time is coming, in the progress of this revolution, when the solid vote of the respectable people of this State may throw on Congress thc responsibility nf a perpotual military government, or practical disfranchise ment for Virginia. When that day r-omes, every voice and vote will be needed ; but that is a question of the future. Suffice it for thc present to say, that without registry you are as impotent as the dogs at your doors to strike a blow for freedom hete, or help the friends who are battling for your freedom elsewhere. Surely no demand of right or honor calls for so tatal a sacrifice. The Condemned Fenians in Ireland. The English papers report thc close of the tri al of the Fenian leaders, Col. T. P. Burke and Patrick Doran, in Dublin, the findiug of the verdict of guilty of high treason, and the sen tence of the Chief Justice, that they be hang ed and their bodies decapitated and quarter ed on thc 29th of May. Col. Burke's speech to the Court, just previous to the sentence, in which he justified the Irish revolution for in dependence, anti offered his life for the cause, commanded universal attention, and was con sidered quite as eloquent as the uow historic address of Robert Emmett, delivered in the same city under similar circumstances. Among the witnesses brought forward by the English laws officer against Colonel Burke and Patrick Doran, was Col. Massey, an Irish-American, who alleged that he had served in the Confederate army. He made a full cisclosure of the plans of thc American Fenians. Colonel Burke, (who represented himself as s reporter of the New York Tri bune) in his speech to the Court said: lt i? not my desire now, my lords, to give utterance to one word agaiust the verdict which has beep pronounced upon me, but fully conscious that my honor as a man never was impugned, I cat? go into my grave with my name and character unsullied. 1 can only say this, that these parties, actuated by a de sire either for their own aggrandizement, or to save their paltry, miserable lives, have pandered to the appetite, if I may so speak, of justice, and my life shall be the forfeit. 1 am fully convinced and satisfied of the righ teousness of my every act iu connection with the late revolutionary movement iu Irelaud. . 1 have done nothiug that would briug the blush of shame to mantle my brow. ' My conduct and career here and in America, if you like, as a soldier, are bclore you, and even in this, my hour of trial* I feel the con sciousness of haviug lived an honest man, and I will die, believing that I have given my life to give freedom and liberty to thc land of my birth. I have done ouly that which every Irishman and every man whose soul throbs with the feeling of liberty should do. I seek not the death of a martyr, but if it is the wiL of the Almighty and Omnipotent God tb?t my devotion for the land of rry birth should be tested at the scaffold, I am willing there to die in defence, of'thc right of meu to be free ; to give the right of an op pressed people to throw off tho yoke of thraldom. 1 feel I should not mention the name of Massey. I feel I should not pollute my lips with the name of that traitor, whose illegiti macy has been proved here-the man whose name is not known, and who, I deny point blank, ever wore the star of Colonel in the Confederate army. I nhalllethim rest! I shall pass him, wishing him, in thc words of the poet " May tho grass wither from his feet ! The w.oods Deny him shelter ! earth a home! the dust A grave ! the sun his light ! and heaven her God!" Let Massey remember from this day forth he carries with him a serpent that will gnaw his conscience, carrying about with bim in his breast a living hell, from which he can never be separated. I am an Irishman by birth, an American by adopti".'-, by nature a lover of freedom, and an enemy to 'hat power that holds my native la?d in the bonds of tyranny. It has so often been admitted that the oppressed have a right to throw off the yoke of oppres sion, even by English statesmen, that I deem it unnecessary to advert to tho fact in a Brit ish Court of Justice. Ireland's children are not-never were-sod never will be-willing or submissive 6laves, and so long as England's flag covers one inch of Irish soil, just so long will they believe it to bc a divine right to de vise means to hurl it from power, nod erect in its stead tho Godlike structure of self-gov ernment. I know that I am here without a relative -without a friend in fact-three thousand miles away from my family. But I know that I am not forgotten there. The great and generous Irish heart cf America to-day fee's for, to-day sympathises with, and does not forget the man who is willing to tread the sc*SWd-~aye, iefiwUy--prpudJ7 cona?jou? of no wrong-in defence of American princi pies-in defence of liberty. I have tieo to bind mo to life and society as strong as any man in this Court. I have a family I love as much as any man in this Court. But I can remember tho blessing re ceived from an aged mothers lips as l left her the last time. She spoke as the Spartan mother did.: 41 Go my boy ; return either with your shield or upon it." This r?couciles m?. Thij give? me heart. T submit "to my doom, and I hope that God will forgive me my past sins. I hope, too, that iuasmuch as He has for seven hundred years preserved Ireland, notwithstanding all the tyranny to which she bas been subjected, as a separate and distinct nationality, He also will assist ber io retrieve her fallen fortunes-to rise in her beauty, and majesty-the sister of Columbia -the peer of any nation in the world. The latest accounts' slate that the sentence of Colonel Burke bas been commuted to im prisonment for life at haid labor. THE ADVERTI SER. JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1867. Our Club Hates. Wo aro now furnishing *the ADVERTISER to Clubs at thc following very low rates: Two Copies one Yoar, $5.50. Fivo Copies ono Year, 32 50. Ten Copies one Year, 22.50. Twenty Copies one Year, 40.00. No Clubs received for a less period than one year,-and in all cases tho Cash will be required in advance The names of tho entire Club must be rent at one time. / Tremendous Bargains ! !? Glorious nows to all who would buy Goods Cheap ! At tho famous " Frcdoricksburg Store" in Augusta, Goods aro selling with a rush which is absolutely fearful ! Nobody is humbugged at the .* Fredericksburg-Storo-!" NaindeedJ Every por/on who examines thi: stock is ?ure to buy. Wo have very lately been through and through the " Frcdericksburg Storo." It is really a Great and Grand Establishment. Of Dry Goods,in all tirades, Styles and Fashions, and of all Articles that can possibly be connected,with a Dry Goods Establishment, there is here literally no end. As regards their Dress Goods and Fancy Articles, no orientul humar ever contained richer, more gorgeous, more rccheehe. Tho Messrs. RICH AF.ns aro. Virginia gentlemen of the simplest and most cordial manners. If J you have no money to buy with, they seem equal ly contented to chat with you, and eutortain you. We call vory special atteution to their new ad vertisement, headed: $100,000 Worth of Dry Goods ! Transferred. Lieut. E. P. DonnuTV. 5th U. S. Cavalry, who has for some time boen stationed at this Military Post, aud more recently acting as one of the As sociate Judgos of the Provost Court for this Dis trict, has been transferred lo the Stall'of Maj. Gen. Purr, at Atlanta. During his sojourn among us, Lieut. i>., by-his affability and courteous de portment, won the esteem, of many of our ^tizeos, atid his removal is generally regretted. Columbia & Angosta Railroad. Tho Augusta Chronicle <t Sentinel says: "We lorn that at a meeting of the directors of this company, President Johnston reported the pur chase of some thirty miles of T iron-part of wliich hos reached Charleston and Columbia, and that track-laying hud been commenced." Southern Medical and Surgical Journal. This Journal for May-the receipt of which we nre very glad to acknowledge-contains a largo quantity of original, eclectic, editorial and mis-, cellaneous matter. It is edited by Doctor* Dugas, Doughty and DeSaussure Ford, eminent medical and scientific men of Augusta, Ga.; and ii pub lished in that city. Tho work is undoubtedly very ably edited, and thc names alone of thc editors and conductors satisfy us that it is a Valuable Journal for the Medical and Surgical Professions. Doesn't Rest Well in His Grave. Winter doesn't rest well in his grave. For six weeks past, his ghost has been tatting about in tho most unlawful manner. Only a few days ago it frightened us into fires and overcoats. Cotton, wc hear, sings small for very fright. But Wheat maintains a bold front. From all quarters oome Laudations of the bravery of the Wheat. Oats too aro said to be putting forward such a foot as they never put before. For all this-and for thc additional blessing that Wilson and Kelly have retired to their "native mountains of Hepsidam" -let us give thanks unto God. Failure of John Fraser & Co. The telegraphic news of the failure of this famous House in Liverpool, was as unexpcct> \ af it is uufortunate. The members of the Firiu in Charleston (for wc prcumo they are members) are gentlemen of tried integrity and liberality, and of extraordinary commercial attainments. Their gold has not been locked up in strong boxes since tho conclusion of the war, for fear of the general financial convulsion, but has been sent out into circulation through thc State, the United States, mid the commercial world. The failure of such a House in Charleston would bc at this mo ment a roal misfortune to our State. The money expended by the firm, in the shape of a circula ting medium, has doubtless relieved the financial distress of many other commercial houses, and thereby extended credit and circulation to indi viduals throughout our general community. FRA SER, Tr. KN II OI. M k Co. have become, associated, synonymous not only with great wealth, but with high probity and ability. Insomuch as to have enlisted tho admiration of tho whole South. We trust thc Charle-, ton partners, at least, may escape the evils conseques? upon the rumored suspension. The Provost Court. On Saturday last, the three freedmon who-bad been anprehended for broaking into, and robbing, the Store of Dr. J. M. RUSIITON, at Pleasant Cross, in this District, were brought to trial before the Provost Court, in session a t the Military camp nearthis place, found guilty, and sentenced to five years imprisonment at hard labor in the Peniten tiary. But on Sunday*night, we regret to learn, they mado their escape, and havo not as jet been apprehended, although Maj. HASTINGS, in com" mand at this Post, witb bis characteristic energy and great perseverance, has had a Squad in hot pursuit of them ever sinco the discovery of their escupe. That all or a portion of theso notorious rascals will be captured again, wo have not tho slightest doubt, and-hope to reeord the fact in our next issue. A Model Drag House. Messrs. GOODRICH, WINEMAN k Co., No. 153 Meeting-street, are successors to JOHX ASHHURST k Co., who did the largest Drug Business South previous to the war. They have recently opened with an immenso stock of Genuine Imparted Medicines, which they offer on favorable terms. These gentlemen have had the experience of a quarter of a century and ought to know the wants of the Southern trade Breveted. General SlCKUH has been breveted Major Gencrai in tho regular army for gallantry and meritorious services. The Palmetto Regiment, Tho Augusta Constitutionalist says: "Wo havo in our poti^-ssion. one of the silver medals pre sented by South Carolina to members of the Pul metto Regiment for gallant conduct in Moxico. A merchant of this city purchased the medal from a negro. Thc name of the soldier to whom it was prosented is Shadrick Beady. The mer chant referred to has ploccd it in our hands, in order that we may bo instrumental in restoring the treasuro to the owner, if living, if not to his heirs.. ' ?3f" Senator Wilson has returned to his home in Massachusetts. He speaks warmly of the general courtesy extended te hin daring bli Soakers (oar. Darlington Moves in the Great Mat of Immigration-. Darlington District it soems has been the f to adopt practical measures for the resuscitat of South Carolina. t In this rospeot, would it bo well for Edgcfield, so largo, nod formorlj wealthy, to follow in her footsteps? On Saturday tho 18th inst, a large mccain; tho citizens and.planters of said District was h j at Florence, on the Wilmington A Manchet Railroad, for the purpose of initiating mease for tho promotion of European Immigration ; i to hear tho views of Gen. Jonx A. WAGESER. Commissioner of Immigration of this Stato, f had licch invited to attend. Gen. WAGESE spoech before this meeting was long and of traordinary interest. We will. prosent it to i readers noxt week, with the hope that they ? be influenced by it to take some steps towards important end in view. Thia address bf G WA fi EN mi met with general acceptance and plau.'Cj- so much so that tho meeting resob itself into an Association for encouraging Ian gration, and appointed a Committee of five draft a Constitution, and report at the noxt mc ing, to be held at tho same place, on thc fi Saturday in June. Or are our people so satisfied with free nej labor, and its prospects in the future, at to dc such effort as we. suggest, nnneocssary? 1 should thick not; judging from conversations DOW and then have with intelligent and energe planters-from men who owned beautiful hom and who once-thought themselves settlcd'for li but who now seem to believe that they will compelled tc give up tho attempt to carry their plantations. These men have no interest underrating free negro labor, but every reason tho world for wishing it might answer thtir pi poses. -- It sometimes looks as if the North dict?t emancipation only that she might buy out t South at a sacrifice, and finally Northornize tl part of tho country. The only chance of pl venting this result seems to be in immigratic Of course there will be efforts to make radie: of any new population that may como to us; b there must also bo strong efforts to prevent t success of all such schemes. The removal slavery will probably prevent the entrance of ai element of discord between the new and the o population ; and thus we may gain political pow along with the increase of our numbers by acct sions from abroad. That thoro is a "chance" a different result, we admit; but we can seo i better alternative than to run that risk. Mr. FiTznuon, well known as one of the mc prominent contributors to Do Bow, maintain' some months back, before tho death of the edite that "white laborers from Europe would bo nuisance rather than an ad van tage to us ;" ai that " our solo reliance hereafter, os heretofoi for farm hands, must bo on tho negroes." Tl Editor of tho Review, on tho other hand, he and maintained the opinion that the negroes wi soon bc uttorly valueless, and that our great d pendence must be on fitting laborers from E rope. Herc is a wide difference of opinion. ^ incline bow'. .0 the belief that all who thong! -with Mr. FlTZHGGH some months ag.i, arc no rapidly coming over to thc adverso opinioi which, as Dr. NOTT, that famous man of seien' foimerly of our own State, has shown, is fouu d in nature as well ar corroborated by erperi* jni In the number of the Now Orleans Midie? I ? Surgical Journal for July 1S66, which ha.? Ute fallen into our hands, Dr. NOT? shows that t races of men, if not distinct species, ire at let permanent varieties, and that the pl.ty*iqiu each race has a kindred moral insep ?rabio fro it. In the application of there principles, he a gues that the negro is, "by instir.ct,opposed agricultural labor, and will not till (he soil f wages." Thia aisortion, he sayj, is proven 1 the history of tho race in a nd out of Afric China and India, with vastly loss territory tha Africa, havo respectively a populatian of foi hundred and two hundred millions. Africa h: only one hundred millions. This -difference attributed to tho fact that the negro is no'; agricultural race, while the Chinese and Hindc are intensely agricultural. In the same -papi Dr. NOTT says : "lam aware that very Arsten accounts aro coming in from all qnartOTaj to t effect that the negroes aro working well, and th a large crop of cotton, in ISCA, will be the resu At forty to fifty cents per pound for cotton, it possible that the negro may, for a Urne, be stim lated to some degree of industry ; hut I am pe fectly willing to stake what littlo reputation may have, upon the assertion that the negro mt fail as an agriculturalist, that tim race will gradually exterminated in this country, that th will deteriorate morally and intellectually, ai that we mort look to other fjources of labor produce the great staples of (he Gulf States." The timo that bus elapsed since this was wri ten has done much more, wo opine, to demo stritte than to invalidate the prediction. An theroforc, it must bc the part of wiidom to appe practically to " thoso other sources' of labor while, meantime, we d 0 all wo can to make tl negro temporarily ari'foble. This last wo oug to do, but not leave ijie other undone The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The Aunual C onvention of tho Baptists of tl South, compos'/d of clerical and lay represent; tives from nenjly all tho Churches of that d nomination, '/at very lately in Memphis, ?mot the proceedings wo ?re well pleased to read tl following. This Institution is thc only one the kind, of the Baptist Church, in the South, is already a gnat blessing and ornament to 01 State, and promises to become more andmore si Thc Soutbf.ru Baptist Theological Seminar located at Greenville, S. C., next claimed attei tion. Speeches in reference to the importance supporting '.t were made by Rev. James P. Boye D. D., of "South Carolina. A. M. Poindexter, 1 Virginia, ?nd Rev. J. L. M. CCRRT, late merabi of the ex-Confederate Congress from the State 1 Alabama, and now President of Howard Colley of that State. After the close of these addressos a collectio was m-ir.e in behalf of the endowment of tl College, anda subscription of $11,000 wis in mediately secured, with a prospect of its in:rest to $20,O?Ut) before the Convention adjourns. -?-?-? A Dark Snbjcct. A yming friend of ours-a townsman t?o-> present, in the dangerous and delightful city < New York, has sent us " Tho Black Crook." Nc the res.l thing, aa it is seen at Niblo's Theitre tho leg a and thc arms, and the gauze ani tb tinsel, and tho paint and the palpitators, ard th sin an d tho shamelessness-bat the Story'Bool which contains the subject matter. Everj tw or thrt .0 pagos there comes a gnu j y picture, illus 'tratiuf; some gr.md tableau of the ballet; in:h(s pictures may be seen all the above named iigre dienta of this piece of boautiful rascality. But wc do not mention tho name of our y>un? friend; lest he should be considered r vcr] naughty man. Nordowe confoss thatnelwf opened the book. Nor do we say that it lies ?poi our table for tho inspect!on of the curious. We whisper in tho ear of our young fr?nd? however, that wc are much obliged to him ;and that wo would bo deeply gra teful for photogrphi of Bonfanti and San.ralH aad Bessie Rigl. The following platform has been adoted by tho Republican party of Louisiana: Rebid ing of tho levees with' national aid; the abulion of cotton tax; tho suyar ?atorest of the Stol to be protected and fostered. g?3* An order was ??suod OB the 22d, br/ dic tion of Major General Pope, depruing the peceut Mayor and Chief of Police of Mobile, an Ap pointing Gustavus Horton, Mayor, andiCotqel Dimon Chief of Police. ?&B" Tho incomo o' ii fr. Bonner, ?ff tho'hw York T "focr. last ' jr, iras over $2uf?/fl00. Ho was fbrnu- .? journeyman primor on <iiaHrt ford Courant. 7??r~ Tho Mississipians aro inaugurating a ?movement to raise means tc purchase a homoor Mr. Davis, at the capital of the State. jJ3S~ A colored candidato for the State <6a vention, in Fluvana county, Virginia, anaemias himself in favor of a low tariff, no taxes, pitty of money at tho South, aad cheap whisky ? 1 For the Advortieer. The Corn turned over to tho 'Commissioners of the Poor for Edgefield District, for distribution among the most destitute in tho District, and by tho said Commissioners placed in my charge to be apportioned to tho several neighborhoods through out tho District, I am now distributing; and havo still on hand for tho following gontlemon, (the Chairman of thoir respectivo Committees) the amounts affixed to their namos: A. J. Smyly, 5 Sacks, ' Rev. John Trapp, 20 " Dr. W. II. Ti m merman, 9 .' James Callion, 23 " John C. Portor, 20 . M. BC. Padgett, 40 ii Wo have consumed the Bacon in paying the freight on the Corn, consequently there is no Ba con to be distributed. A sack of Corn weighs about 100 pounds. Saokg to be returned. * v H. T. WRIGHT, Com'r. of thc Poor. Notice to the Destitute Persons ol' Edgefield Village and Vicinity. The Committee appointed to distribute the chx ?table supplies for this Village, desire that all who bavo meritorious claims will moko their ap plications in writing, have them certified to by a Magistrate, officially, or two responsible cit'jrens; ?nd present thom on Saturday morning sa* ?t, at 9 o'clock, for consideration. .Destitute persons of color, who can. r <ring evi dence that they arc not now drawing rp. tious from the Bureou, will be givon corn or '.meal at the same time. Applicants are required to furr .?8h their own sacks for corn or meal. T. H. CLAR jj Chairman. May 27th, 1367. For tho'Advcrti-'sef. The Exeoutive Board c f the Edgefield Associati on. The last mooting of this Board was.held with tho Good Hope Church, o' a-Saturday before the 5th Sabbath in March. J? larger number of the Board was present than t ^ any previous meeting, and the proceedings aw-' akened a deep' interest on tho part of tho largo o ongregotion in attendance. No report was presen? ^d from the Missionary of the Board, who bao1', been prosecuting his work since the middle of January. , The undersigner* , woro intruded to confer with the Missionary, P .ro. Wu. d. SnAW, to learn from . him tho result of his labors, and to exrrese to him.] the oarnost def ?rc of the Board that he should continue his w ork until July. Th i following ia an abstract o f the narrative given by Bro. SHAW? which is h'.ro. presented to tie public that the character and importance of this work may be soon. Bro-, SHAW says, " I commonced the work ia the neigh' ,orhood of Aiken, and traveled in the direc tion of Oraageburg. I was occompanicd by Brc. R- 7?iRADFORD, of the Savannah Rirer Association, *wr,o Toluntarily joined me in this work/and did '.auch to render it moro pleasant to m<? and more profitable to those fur whom it was our privilege to labor. Wo visited as Dearly as possible all the families of each. Church and community. We held religious lorvicei, whenever f racticablo, at private houses during tho week, and met tbe poo ple on Saturday and Sunduy at their places of ] public worship. In this way we visited nine Churches, and some communities, to within five, miles of Orrangeburg. We were received gladly and kindly by all. We found two Sabbath Scboolftjj in operation, and the Churches generally continu ing their dated Sabbath meetings. We started a Sabbath School in each church ia which none ex isted. The need of suitable books was fadly felt - the people being absolutely unable in many in s Unces to give anything for this purpose. While they have suffered less than in some sections, yet the destruction from the march of Gen. SHERMAN'S army, and tho consequent destitution were so great, our hearts havo been more disposed to give to them temporal aid. than to *?k them for any thing for tho support of this mission. In some instances, widows with little children, said "We havo bread for this week, but know not what we are to do then." All seem to be doing everything in their power to recover from their present em barrassments, but just now they need the sympa thies and help of those who have been less unfor tunate. While thc churches try to keep up their stated Sabbath services, many individuals are so situated they cannot attend, and the Pastors are so constantly engaged in their necessary employ ments, they cannot visit the families nt their home?. Heneo, tho necossily of the Missionary. Ho must be sustained by the combined effurts and contributions of the more fortunate, that he may bear the "broad and water of life," to them who j really " hunger and thirst after righteousness ; that he may speak tho word of pious counsel and comfo'rt to the anxious and tho sorrowing: that he may encournge tho despondent, and le.vi to the thrown of grace these who might otherwise never hear tho voice of prayer, and never be induced to pray for themselves. - He should bc supplied at least, with Tostamcnts, Bibles, Hymn-Bonks and Catechisms, that no Sabbath School may fail for ihe lack of books. Bro. S.1AW soys, " Wc, frequently heard such expreisions ns these: 'You are the first Mission ary that ever visited us ; God has sent you to us."' He adds, "Families followed us from hoitse to house, to attend the night moetings, travelling sometimes as far as seven miles. We hnre the rensonab'e hope thar. God hos been with us, and blessed our feeblo efforts." And now, Brethren of the Board, and of the Association, shall this work stop? Bro. SHAW must look to you to be sustained. You 'have suf fered, 'tis truo-but your losses are nothing in oomparison with the utter temporal ruin of those for whom we ask you to pray, and whom we call on you to- help. Is it toe much to ask that you meet us on the 29th of June, at. Republican Church, that you bring tome contri' -.Hont with you to aid this good, this important, this imperative work.. Is it too much to ask that each Baptist who reads this sholl give ono dellar in order that the Mis sionary may continue throughout this year his labor of mercy anu love. Tho Book operations of the Board havo been, ' we think, quite successful. A fu'.l report of this i important part of our work will be prosented at , your next meeting. Aa that will be tho Instmeot I ing before our next Association, we urge tho mom ; bers of the Board to "be present, and we beg all j the Brethren to send by their representatives some contribution, however small, that this "building up of tho waste places" may not stop L. R. GWAL?NEY, L. P. MEALING. ^?f~ A company of negroes, eighteen in num ber, have left Greensboro', N. C.', and under the dirrction of a negro barber from Greensboro', are now on thoir way to Illinois, in which State they propose to settle. Want of employment, and inability to subsist themselves and families, they assigned as a reason of their emigration. JST A letter from New Orleans says that re turns from registration in Louisiana show that but vory few white people are being rogisteAd. In St. Charles Parish, for instance, the registry ?hows tho names of three hundred and forty-five colored men to six whites, and in St Bernard Parrish thc nRmo3 of three hundred colored men to eiglAy whites. gS* Tho Tampa Peniniidar of tho lUh, ro ports fino watermelons in that market for a week previous. Santa Anna is living quietly at Staten Jutland, N. Y. He bas a coil million in,cosh to .eqb&olekim. /Sr- An qld toper, who soliloquizes somotimes, ;addrossei>/f'js bottlo thus: VTiSrfvery strnngo that you and I T?gcfu^r cannot pull : ** For you ar? full when I am dry, And dry. whef I am full." A Richmond pape- tells the following : A young African wanted to goCon tho "ladles' .<jar" yostordny. The conductor toi? him it was ifor white people. ''I doesn't caro if it aa./' re turned Ebo-skin, aI ain't at all proud, and'ad jes aa 1er- ri i white folks as wid some mean niggers J Uno-^. - Ho didn't rids, though. . Th? cofiducWi would no) ppro?t bm to cpndc?cjad, ? For tho Ad- werther. , Response to ".^?arJy Rising." Br S). A. L. S"ow, out upon tho wig' at that dozes on, When tho groy Eas" ? her opal gute nnharar ?Vbcn tho fiad pfplr.de Nature's harp has "tining Goes up Lo beavo-a amidst the pu ling ?tars, IVhon oarth with t iniycr^.tl Voice pours forth Poans of g ory f 3 the day-god's birth. '. . '. ' *. ?-}'. SVhon, in tb o v iT]y morn, ero yet tho din Of busyTdV , enthrals tho weaTy heart, 31), what a ,r er,se of happiness within Docs cac* i attendant^ of the dawn impart ii now bar ,iism brings to life-oach flower, ind give 3 each panting heart or lagging arm ncr / power. Hark to thu winding of the distant horn, W* nose stftenod echoes o'er tfic hill tops play; Liffi's |o the cadence in tho rosy morn, Of trilling brooklets in their roundelay ; F Jach dewy zephyr from tho wakoning grove, Bears on it ; pinions many a boon of love ! And then the herdsman with his loud yo-ho, The rusti J tune the ploughman loves to sing, Tho mist among therhlll?, the myUic glow Of light und shade abroad with arrowy wing, Touching ti e landscape with its penciled ray?, Charging our bosoms wi!h our Master's praise. Ho ! laggard, rouse theo from thy Bickly dreams,, j All natnrn calls thee with its loud refrain ; Spring from thy bed,-'tis not the friend it seems, Nor seek ts influence in the morn again,' Ob, whereforo let thy morbid instincts rule? Forth to thy duty, seek some loftier goal ! Thy wit tor, laggard, suro its point must lose, Whon at tie faithful lark i? force is thrown ; A lesson it rill teach thee should'st thou choose, If thon hast not all holier joywoutgrown j 'Twould whisper to thee, if thou wouldst hear, That praiso lo God tho morn's first beams should bear. Oh, thou falto reasoner, leave thy couch of down, And breathe tho air of heaven) fresh and pure ; Thou woulds', inhale it with a zest unknown, Nor o'er thy day-droamsd?op one lingeriug tear ; Throw thy fa lse theories to the bat and owl ; Come, bo a nan, apo not the meanest fowl. If thou canst boast no better deeds than carno Of dreams and dozos, tbou'dst do well to find A refugo in seme cave, a fitting homo For snails md dormice and such lazy kind; Methinks no Angel bright wonld plumo its wing [ .To be the guardian guest of such a thing. I wish thee better of thy fancied joy Do burst th v 'jtiers e'en us Samson did; Rise with tho lark if thou wouldst lifo employ As best thou should ; nor let thy lifo bo hid Beneath thy enervating counterpane; .Como, rouse theo up, and bo a man again. Sleep ts a blessed tion'to mortals siven, And gunrdif n spirits o'er the guileless bend, But for tho night this p. icolcss- boon is given, When 'mid the hush ot Nature calmly blcdd Our fevered thaught?, our busy carking cares, With dreams of hopo beyond tho coming years. Distilling Prohibited by thc Military. Right gladly do we publish the annexed order of Gen. SICKLES prohibiting the distil lation of grain in this Military District ; and hope all officers, both civil and military, will see to rt that toe said orders are duly enforced : I?EAnojUART'n? SECOND MILITARV DISTRICT, j CHARLESTON, S. C., May 20,1867. } (GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 25 J It appears f-om sundry petitions and offi cial representations that the present scanty supply ot food in the Carolinas is seriously diminished by the largo quantity-of grain consumed in n amorous distilleries, put up and worked in defiance of the Revenue Laws of | the United States ; it is represented that few or none of the requirements of law are ob served in any of these establishments ; that I the Officers of tho Internal Revenue Service, while endeavoring to assess and collect the Whiskey Tax are, frequently treated with dis respect and sometimes menaced with violence; an-J that when offenders are prosecuted in the Civil Court3, and violations of the Inter nal Revenue Liws indisputably proved, juries fail to convict the parties ; it is further shown that this unlawful traffic makes food dearer rn places where largo numbers are depending upon public and private bounty ; that the Government is, besides, defrauded pf a large amount of revenue; that the authority of its civil officers is brought into contempt; and furthermore, that the mischief complained of tends to inprenie poverty, disorder and crime; therefore, in fie exercise of the authority .vested in the Cdmmaodiotr cfeneral it is or dered that ?. The ^hti?i xiion or manufacture of Whis key <w other Spirits from grain'is prohibited in this Military District. Any person so en gaged or empiwj'ed will be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. The possession of a Still or other apparatus for this purpose 'will bc con sidered presumptive evidence of a violation of thc.Revenue Laws, and thc party or parties using thc same, 'OT on whose premises, or iu who?e posscssiot. the same may be found, will be arrested and brought to trial before a mili tary tribunal composed of the Commanding Officer of the Post and two officers of the array next in rank ort duty within the terri- j torin] limits of tho Post. If the exigencies of tho service do not 'permit the derail of other officers, that fact will be duly certified and the Post CotJinauder will hear and de termine the case. IL Tho penalties, punishments and'forfei tures prescribed by the several Acts of Con gress for di?tillinr; or manufacturing Whiskey or other Spirits io Violation of the Revenue Laws will be imposed nnd executed' by the military tribunals hereby authorized. UL No seriter.ee extending to imprison ment, forfeiture of Stills, Liquor or other properly, or the imposition of-a fine or* other penalty will be enrried into effect until re ported to these Headquarters aaa approved by the Commanding General. IV. All troops of the United States, Mag istrates, Shf-riffs, Constable, Police and others, in authority, are required, and all cit izens are solicited, to be vigilant in detecting and prompt in giving information of the viola tion of these orders. Commanding officers will be held responsible for their enforcement. By command of Mnj.-Gen. D. E. SICKLES. . J W. CLOUS, Capt 38thInfantry, A> D. C. and A. A. A. G. Official: Alexander Moore, Captain 38th nfantry, Aide de-Camp. A NOBLE ACT.--A correspondent of the New Xbrk Journal of Commerce, writing from Winchester, Ya., mentions the follow ing :. An act, touchingly beautiful in its nature, came to'our knowledge last week? A few days previous, aftet* the family of Major B. B. Washington had dined, that gentleman remarked to his little daughter, an interest ' ing child of three y;ar?, " Nannie, you have had a nice dinner, while some of your little sisters in the far South are perishing for tho '.want of food." " Pa," said this little cherub, u I Have $15, and TH buy something for? them to eat." Thc child waa brought to town next day, and at her request was taken to a commission house. There5 she purchas ed a barrel of flour, hnd bad it tilarkod: " From Nannie Bird Washington, (nged thr^e years.) To ray little sisters in the South/' . JunriE KELLT;.*-Mr. Kelly, from Pennsyi vania, the man who brought abo?t*the colli sion at Mobile, pawed'- through this city Tuesday evening, j* t is sai'1 that whilo in Atlanta, Gen. Pope requested L'?m to discon tinuo his stumping tour, as ho deemed bis utterances productive of much barm. Per haps this gentle hint induced Mr. Kelly not to favor our city with QUO of his barangoan, We are sure it is a matter pf no regret/ Chronicle & Sentinel. Gen. D. H. Hill, iu an article published }fl his magazine, says 'incidentally-that it is the daly .of yoicrs in thc Sooth to elect men to office, ?hose consistent Uc.ionisfli will Jbe aat?-factory to j Special Correspondence of thejffljj?. Picayune. Important tr?j^mS^o. ORIZABA, MEXICO, May 3,1867. The city cf Mexico is surrounded by 20,000 Liberals, and the bombardment has -com menced in earnest ; Tho ? garrison numbers 80CO.men, and the commander, Marquez, an nounces his intention to resist; to the death. | He is impressing tho water-carriers and por ter8~of;.th.e (%r; ' The number of executions at Puebla after tie stormine of the place amounted'to sixty, beside the Imperial Governor of the State of Pe?bta; No officers receive quarter from the Liberal commanders ; and it it happens, which is not-at all improbable, that Miramon and Marquez should be captured, no mercy will be shown them. If m Maximilian fails, and is taken, bc is almost certain to be shot. I learn that .orders t? that effect, have been issued in all the divisions. Some time may elapse; before the fall of j the capital. WhuVMarquez command*, the resistance will be stubborn. A leading cit izen undertook lately to betray the garrison and introduce the Liberals into the city, but he waa detected and shot by Marquez. Every foreigner who can get out of the capital and out of the country, is doing so. Many Ger mana, English and Americans, in'Very desti tute circumstances, - remain on the railroad, 1 near Vera Cruz, unable to get ? out. .There'/ is some present? prospect of passing out/" '? ' Ffom Qneretaro we have bat little news. The place is surrounded, and no.comn^nica-_;| tion has been had lately with the' inside. Miramon attempted to cut* his way out some weeks since, but faiUd. The Liberals seem . to have, the, ?utyarouj the Imperiali ts-all- tie snthusiasm is .on the Liberal side. We bave had-np mails'fiom New, Orleans, or New York fortbree moiths past In the last battle between Diaz ;.nd Marquez tie Imperialists bad the advantage forsome time, and completely cut ono Liberal division to pieces, but subsequently ihey were driven back to tie capital with tievere loss. The Liberals are stronger in nunber, tiree to one, in every battle. -^T-he Impjrialists'iave not over 16,000 troops, all told since the Puebla surrender, Very little is dding at Vt ra Cruz1} the gar rison seeras to be strong enough to hold the place against tic besieging rbrce. The civil government in most Stales is now fairly under way,, but business is grow; ing duller,daily, in every tVHjif Foreigners were permittedto vote for mhnicpal officers-1 at the late election without matriculation. At the same time ttey wero taxed, and are every monti, tie same as m.rives. L . fi A.C. C. From the Gharlo?ton Mercury. . Fraser, Trcnholn & Co. The announcement of the suspension, of this house r?a5 received day before yesterday by Messrs. Join Fraser ? Co. here, and we understand'it was as g rt it a surprise to them as the telegraphic dispatches, published in our yesterday morning's payer, were a subject of iistonishtnent and regret to our entire:com m unity. Nothing is known as tithe liabilities of the suspended house", nor as to'its prospects of obtaining a sufficient extension to enable it to make tbe most of the la-ge stock of cot ton known to bc on han J. Tie firm in Charleston, wtose business bas been -chiefly upon account of other parties of j known responsibility, will, no doubt, become embarrassed by tie .Liverpool suspensionj but their heaviest engagements had run off, und we jundersland their present liabilities are not large in proportion to the supposed magnitude of their business. Their ultimate ' position, we should think, must depend upon the event in Liverpool. F )rtunately,i tie iousettere is represented bf a'gentletnan not merely of high integrity, but of busi ness capacity and nerve equal to tie emer gency. . . ? For some fifty yea? this bcuse has stood amongst the foremost mercantile houses' of tie United States ; and, although hf the course of time, many of its members have changed, tie strong ground of integrity, fidelity and skill, on which it was originally built, has camed it through all tie financial convulsions whici, during tiat period, have shaken tie mercantile world of England and , thc United States ; and never was it suppos ed to possess higher element.-? of mercantile honor affd ability than now preside' over its extensive interests.' Why the firm in Liver pool suspended paymeuta, we have no means nf accounting for, except the full in tie price of cotton, with a failure to obtain tie bank ing facilities formtrly extended in Liverpool. It is well known, that carly ii ,the season, the Bank of England deliberately adopted the systematic policy of refusing accommo dations, previously accorded, to those engag. ed in this trade. The effect has been to put the holders of cotton in tie power of tie buyers; and the merchants, factors and plan ters of the South have, in -the depressed price of cotton, throughout th? Spring, felt the baleful influence of this gigautic and con trolling institution. The suspension of this house, we believe, to be only the illustration of facts which bear heavily upon us alf. T? 1 may be that father than sell the cotton they hold at the depressed prices, o:casjoned by this bank policy and aggravated by the pass ing apprehensions of war in Europe, tie part ners in Liverpool preferred, both on account of others as, well, .as themselvPi., to suspend payment temporarily, and hold the cotton to realize the full amount of advances, accep tances, ?tc. This would be an awkward and painful alternative ; but, under 3uch circum stances, the suspension would in no consid- | erable degree affect the resources of the con cern. This great house seemed the :iief if not the only steady light burning amidst the mercantile gloom which resta upou our city and land. With a feeling of deer sadness we record its suspension, yet wecannot but hope that, under the guidance of the able and hon orable gentlemen who now rule >ts destinies, it will again arise in all the splendor of its former enterprise and usefulness and power. If they bad neted from mere motives of "in terest, they might'have left ns, as others-hive done, and gone to otier lands, to enjoy-the affluence tiey possessed. But they iave pre ferred to stay witt us in*our ruin and strive agam to redeem tie commerce and fortunes of our desolated city aud country. Georgia. Georgia, we must confess, is aread.of our -own State in many respects. Sis has made a noble provision for tie education of disa bled soldier?, in the Act allowing three hun dred dollars a year for the education of each disabled Boldier, under thirty years of age, wiro may desire to avail himself of tie advan tage of her bounty. It is the duty of a State to educate its cit izen^ more especially those who in public s?rvice iave received injuries incapacitating them for earning a livelihood by manual la bor. It is & duty which heretofore has been overlooked by our legislators, but wc hope they will promptly repair their past neglect. There are, at this time, in Oxford College Georgia, over fifty young men, disabled in the*war, who are receiving tie bouefits of a collegiate education at tie charge of the State. We have many aiuong us, poor but liberally gifted by Nature, who are disabled for life, and we call the -attention ol* our leg islators to the fact.-Clarendon. Press. LET THEM ?I.ONE'1- Wo since "ely hope j hereafter, that every white man an 1 boy will j keep away from all political meetings of the negroes. Their presence gives thtmallthe importance nnd interest which tiny posjess amopg tho blacks. Wp heard several black men* say if tho white folks had not boen there they would have broken up. Th aso Rev. black Pompey swells from- the North arc Email potatoes at home. They h'-ve been Sicked up by the Radicals, and hired, to-come ere and make mischief between the whites and blacks. It gives "shem great-imaertance in their own est'mation to be able to insult while gentlemen. Torttfon with th?m, is like pouring good wino into a mud hole, and th'?itiap??ciics are so Sit, and stale a id. mon otonous that tho negroes will toon &t tired of them. Let.tttara, ADd those arnoi.^ us who Wish to form a black mt?fr pa;ty, alon}-have nothing to do with them, and let then digest j their self-importance among thoms jives. -T. ' 1 r ' A Skillful Operation. We had the pleasure of seeing in our of fice a few days since, Mr. Joseph Ramage, aa old citizen of tiiis District, now in his seven ty second year, who has been blind from cat aract for manyy ears, and who now sees as well as any man' of his age. The core was made by an operation on his eyes, a short time since, by our townsman, .Dr. E. T. McSwain, and proved an entire success. We take pride in chronicling the event as an achievement of science and skill on the part of Dr. Mc, and the success of the delicate operation proves him to bethe skillful Surgeon and Physician. Our good old friend, Mr. Ramage, walked all the way to thia placa, some five miles, per- . haps, sud is rejoiced in having his sight again. -LaurensviUe Herald*-?*< . HYMENEAL., SI An MED, on i io 16th inst., at tho residence of Mrs. STAR. CHAP] 'ELL, by the Ker.* A. P. Norris, Mr. B. P. LOVELACE 'to Mise SUSAN CHAP MAN, both of Edgefield. Prom this marr age feast we acknowledge, with much gratitude, ?ie'reeeipi of- a basket of anjerb?^ ly rich cake. And to 'wish the subjects cf the above nctico ? plethora of prosperity ind the fulfilment of their sweetest dreams of the pleas ures of wedded life, is so utterly inadequate to tho heartfelt desiri?' of their friends of this office, that they are loth to uso an.expreasion so fcoble in J.thV'expression cf their 'wishest May their lives be one long dream of bliss, and the stream of their existence'aver -'. . " Flow to musio li se a tune with pleasant words." J^ABRIED, on tb ?'12 th-initiai tho"residence of the bride's mother Mrs. E^ SIITPBS,' by Rev. E. W; Horne, Mr. COSBY PADGETT and Mi? ELISABETH SNIPES, all of 'thia District. .'. . i i -:\ i1 --Mil. . .?a. OBITUAEy. , -~-:--7~~--~ Dir.:., ai his residence in Edgefield District, on rho ?3r*d cky of March, 186V, WILLIAM CUL- ' BREATH, aged fifty-six years. . Mr. COLDHEATE was Well known jn 'the District, hnt better known and" appreciated ir. tho section in which he lived. Ho was socially a generous, frank and kind companion. Though modest and -unambitious, few-men wore so fcignly gifted with natural abilities. He was' possessed of talent, which with moderate energy and application,. co&ld have made him an ornament in any of the learned professions. He invariably . refused the solicitations of hil friends to stand for any office I of honor'witbin thd gift pf tho people, .always preferring the quiet caso-ond dignity of the plan ter's life, where he proved to be one of the moat skillful and successful in tho country. He was, to express a great deal in one word, a good citizen I -useful as a man "to. the country in which he ! lived, a good neighbor, and clwaye 'ch-ribble and kind to-the poor. His friends will remember 'the wisdom- of .his counsel, and the-poor will never forget his charities. In tho circlo of his acquaintance none lived I more respected, orcould die more lamented than WILLIAM CULBREATD. It is a consolation to hU friends and relative ; to know that he made bis . pcace- with. ftpd. and died 'with % bright and blessed hope of eternal happiness in the life after I'death.- fi ! .' COMMERCIAL. I .'?..' Ai-GusTi, Ma? 25. . COTTON.-Very little was done to-day, ohiefly in consequence of Ibo inclemency of thi weather. The sales amounted to JU bole?, as follows:-2 at 23, 2 at 23}, and 30 bales at 24 cents. The receipts were 21 bales. Sale? were too limited to justify I quotations. GOLD-Brokers a-o baying ut 136 and selling at 137. r~r -..'.'' SILVER J-B roke: s are buying at 128, and sel ling at 132. LIVERPOOL, May 25. Cotton firm ; uplands, lld. ; Orleans, Hid.; es timated sales, 10,00.0 bales. Corn advanced ; 39s. .'id." Common Rosin,'7s. 3d.; others unchanged. '' NEW YORK, May 25. Cotton firm ;-salo?, 027 eales. Flour nod wheat very dull. Corn unchanged. Pork closed heavy. Groceries, and naval titores quiet Freights dull and drooping. Gold, 37. LOUISVILLE, May 24. I' Superfine flour dull, $?.50@10. Cprn firmer; Mess, pork $22 ?5. "Bacon, shoulders 9J@9J ; clear sides, 12J. Lard, 12J. Raw whisky, $2 20. CHARLESTON, May 24. Cotton dull and unsettled ; middlings, 25 ; sales, 56 bales ; receipts, 53(. Beef Cattle and Sheep Wantede IWILL pay the highest market price for good BEEF CATTLE and FAT SHEEP or LAMBS. If preferable I will Barter Corn and Bacon for Cattle and Sheep. Vi A. A. GLOVER, Agt May 28 ' tf ;22 THE AIKEN PRESS. THE Undersigned respectfully announce to the citizens of Aiken, the surrounding country, and the public generally, that the firM number of THE AIKEN PRESS, -'ll be issued in the town of Aiken, about the L idle of June, 1867, It will be printed neatly, on fair quality paper and good type, and will be the usunl sizo of weekly jour nal.?, at the moderate prcie-of Three Dollars, in advance-payable on delivery of the first number of the paper. THE AIKEN PRESS under the edi?, .toriffl management of H. W. R AVENEL, Esq., a gentleman well qualified for the position, and in accordance with the prospectus heretofore pub lished, will be " devoted to general intelligence, political, commercial, social, literary and religious -with a department of agriculture, including the field, the orchard, the vineyard and the garden. A news summary, to contain a digest of the im portant events of the. week, will occupy a portion of the paper, and particular attention will bo given to the unsettled question of labor, as best - adapted te our new condition, and the develop ment of the resources of the country in Manufac tures, Agriculture, Fruit-raiting and Vine growing."^. . ; ADVERTISING. The paper, emanating from the new attd enter prising town of Aiken-celebrated for its health ful climate, for its refined society, and its advan tages in affording mail facilities-commencing with a good and liicreasing subscription in the portion of tho country in which it is located, as well as -in tho adjacent districts and different parts cf the State, presents to the commercial In terests, to manufacturers, artisans, and parsons of various trades and professions-an attractive and remunerativo vehicle as-an advertising medium. Advertisements intended for THE AIKEN PRESS, will bo inserted on moderate terms, and a reason able deduction allowed to those who advertise for three, six or twelve months. JH>B PRINTING will bo done with neatness and despatch on rea sonable terms, payable in advance, or on delivery of tho Work. The undersigned respectfully request that all communications or letters pertaining to the busi ness of the office/be addressed for the present to H. W. RAVENEL, Esq., editor of THE AIKEN PRESS, Aiken, S. C. R. H. MACHEN, Proprietor. H. D. MACHEN, Publisher and Agent * May 22, 1867, . * tf 41 TAX NOTICE* EDGEFIELD C. H., Apr. 23d, 1863. f WILL OPEN MY BOOKS at this place for i the collection of State and Dis trie Taxes on ttfe 13th May, afld will remain here uur?l ?be 3d June, after which time my Books will be closed at this point. I will be at Hamburg Un the 5th Jone and wHl remain there until the 8tb, and will be af Gran- ? iteville on the 10th and 11th Juoe, after which time my Books'will close. < AU person? are required to make returns of all employeoi in their employ. Persons who fail to make ?heir assessment re turns by the 9th May, muet do so within ten days tboroafter, ortheywilFbo doubled:Taxed. Persons Selling Liquor or Merchandize, and who aro subject to Quarterly Tm must maka their .Returns and,pay their Taxe? 'iy tho 9th May, or they will bo'doubled Taxed." v BENJ. ROPER, T. C. E. D. ' ALT 23 ? ' ? - ' - ' - 6t . 'IT. To Consumptives. Tho advertiser, haying been resterod to health In ? few weeks by a very s'.mpl?'"remedy, .after having suffered foi sovcfnl years*"with a severe' rung affection, and that dread disease Comuap- ? ??? lion-is anxious te make known to his fellow- jj sufferers tho means of cure. >To all who desire .it, be will send a copy of the prescription used (freo o? ?hirge.) with the direc tions for preparing and using the same, which., they wilt find a tare eure for Oontvttption, Atth via, Brj>nehiti?, Cough?, Coli?, and all Throat and Lung Affections. Thc only object of theadvertf ser.in sending tho Prescription is to benefit the afflicted and spread information which ho con ceives to be invaluable, and ie hopes every suf ferer wiri try his remedy; &? it will cost them nothing, and may prove.a blessing. Parties wish ing (he prescription, FREE, by return nail,, will , please address Rsv. EDWARD A. W ILEON, . Williamsburg, Hie ge Co., New York.