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Tho Convention met at 32 o'clock to-day. and wa? called io order by President Cleaves. Between fifty and sixty delegates, and from tw ) to three hundred spectators vero present. W. J. McKinlay, of Charleston and T. R.Sas p irlas, of Cran.cburg, were appointed Secre ucji-. The Committee on Credentials via= appointed, aud reported that delegates uren* present from Andersen, Ber.uf.-rt. Bayiwell. Charlo-ton. Chaster, Collefori, Darlington, Fairfield, Greenville, Kerrhav, Lexington, Marion, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter and York. The Prpsidcut, R. II. Gictve--, a colored min, ?s a Pennsylvanian, who is now in bu.>i uess with Robert Small, of steamer Planter n ?:ori?'y, at Beaufort, S. C., a; factors and commission merchant*. Cleaves is a man ul consilnra'jle abi'ify, with some experience a; . :t presjd ng ofjieer over deli'-era-i ve bodies, lie is Cmnd M.isr.-r if tie Natto .al Grund Lwlgoof Colored Freemasons. Thc at.tctppi .?. remove him will probably caus* a liveh *?i.-?->:>dor", b'.lt !I0 dpttbt be Un-UCCeSiful, 3g runny of the member.', although desiring i> S.'Ulh. Carolinian, announce that, for the s.kt of harmony in the par?y? ihoy s*?!| coi sent to le: thc Presidency .>'aud as it is. The Convention was opened with prayer by Rev. B F. lltndolph (colored.) During fie unsenc; vt' thc Committee oe Credentials, addresses wer? delivered by W. J. Armstrong, Ageat of the R-publican Committee at Wash in;-; to:: to the Convention. Thomas J. il ibertsou, a white de'egatr from Ilichiatd and a wealthy, prominent ci I i - j?n fd Columbia, made a speech, in which be said that he thanked (Jot! that though he was a Southern ma!:, and born and raised in th? S.iu'ii, the -S 'Uthcrn people had failed to break up the best Government ike sun shone upon. Ile loved bis State, but Le loved thc whole country better than al!. Ile urged a stritt compliance wi th thc rcconstruttioti ??icaaire of Congress" as being jest nnd Jibcral. Ile waa followed by George Pillsbury, of Charlo. ton, who said, that when he heard Southern meu hi South Carolina utter such sentiments as those expressiu'. bv Mr. Robertson, he wanted, if p-*s-:ble, to aanpniz" him. He thought there was yet hope for lite white men of this State. Thc Convention then adjourned until i> o'clock, at which hour it re-assexibled, the Hall being densely packed. Additional delegates from Abbeville, Sum ter, Newberry acd Clarendon took their seats in the body. The State Central Committee submitted their report, aud whilst it was under discus sion, the gas was turned elf, leaving the hall i:i total darkness, but causing little confusion. At the suggestion of a member, the Prcsi 1 dent nppoinled n committee, Ousisling of y.:ir:-n. T. J. Robinson, DcLarge and Wilder, to wait on Gen. Burton, and inquire as to the prevention of similar pranks again, as it was supposed to have been done by same mali cious or mischievous persons. About this time, the pressure was so great thal several benches gave way. Tue cotnmitice reported that Gen. Burto:. could not be found, but his orderly reported that a guard WoS in readiness for any emer gency, and the matter would not be repeated. Alter considerable discussion, on motion. Coiiiuaittce on Organization, consisting of one from each District, was appoinred, and during their absente, Me-srs. Randolph, Langley, Elliott, Wright and others, iu response to culls, delivered appropriate addresses, which were rec *.;ved with many demonstrations of earnest approval. On the reception of the report of tie Com mittee, tie Convention adjourned, to meet at 10 o'clock to morrow morning". COLUMBIA, July 2.?. Tiie Convention was called to order about 11 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Brockinton. The minute*' of yc-terday were read and con firmed. Tiie following additional tntmbets appeared, presented llieir credentials and were admitted to - eats, viz : Abbeville-H. J. Lomax. Newberry-J is. Henderson,Simeon Young, Matthew Gray, Joseph Burton. Orangebutg-Rev. Thos. Phillips. The Committee on He-organization submit ted a report, recommending tho following orli c.;rs. which was agreed to : President-R. H. G leaves. i'icc Presidents-C. M. Wilder, T. J. Rob iason, Richland ; G. Pillsbury, J. N. Hayne, * Charleston. Secretaria--J. McKinsley, R. Howard, jr, Charleston ; T. K. Sasportas, Orangeburg ; R. Dixon. Clarendon. Chaplain-Rev. J. Brockininn, Darlington. A F?L .ncc Committee was appointed, and the President called on all persons, without rt?gard to party, to con tribute liberally towards the expense."? of the convention, as they would thn* hasten that recortsiruction which is so much desired by al! good citizens. Mr. C. P. Leslie, of Barnwell (white), of fer**! a resolution io the effect that tho Con vention required reorganization, notwith standing iL: oflieers had been chosen on the previous day. It was scarcefy read before J. J. Wright, of Beaufort, coloicd, moved to lav upon thc table. Thc motion was agreed to. The next parliamentary action of Mr-'Les lie should have been to take his ?eat, but in stead, he took thc floor, with thc view, it is said, of giving veut to a speech setting forth the necessity of having a white man to pre side over and direct the deliberations of thc Convention, on thc ground that it was in ic self a measure ol'* conciliation between thc races in the S'ate, and ol'practical imp rtance to tho success cf the party. But the Presi dent >bul down on Mr. L-slie by calling him to -order. Mr. L. didn't sec the point, aud t-uM: "I rise to a question of privilege." Chair-Well, what is it? Jlr. L._I'm not bound to state a question of privilege. Chair.-Then take your scat, sir ! Mr. L.-Well, if you think you can run this machine* by gagging debate, you are very much mistaken, and for one Chair.-The sergcauts-at-atins will remove that delegate from the ball. Mr. Leslie gave one furtive look behii.d bim, and, as the colored o?ficials advanced for thc purpose, quietly, bu: wi:h 3ome determi nation, observed, " Weli, don't all come on nt rtnee ; J feel kindly disposed to you all, but nut-I tbiuk I'd rather take my bat and go.'" And Mr. L. departed a sadder and, no doubt, a wiser man. After some discussion relative to the re-or rranization of thc Executive Committee and State Central Committee, the whole matter was referred to a Committee consisting of Messrs. Whittemore. DeLargeand Duncan. The Couvcntion thon took a recess, und on an-ain beir.g called to order, the Committee on Platform submitted two reports-a ma jority and minc^ily. On motion of Mr. Mackey, the minority report wt.s tri*red to lie on the table. 'Mr. Butler moved ineffectually lo discus* the zo?} or?j report M * wfeojfc A motion was then made to discuss platform, section by section, which was agi to, and au animated and-somewhat pers debate occurred. Objection was made to : ing the word " Radical" to the title of th< ganizatiou-some members objecting, on ground that the term was not thoroughly derstocd, and to insert it was impolitic ' was replied :o, with the assertion that as schools would Boen bo. established, pat might become enlightened. It was ass? by a deb-gate from Anderson, that ,:radi iu his section of country was understoo mean repudiation. Another declared Svme of their political opponents would rr this a powerful lever to work with, and th: Perry nerty would gain rnauy access to its ranks : he was disposed to b-'soraev conciliatory, so far as the mere acoptio the term was concerned ; be was as rad as any man, but he was not disposed to p stick in the hands of another individua break his own hf ad. Another subject which elicited conaidi ble discussion, was the apportioning of lat the assertion having been made that imroe bodies of unproductive and idle lands w an actual injury to any country ; the nura of acres of tuat class in this State being tc tioned by a delegate from Charleston ; he iii favor of taxation on tho Swedish plan lind owners would not, or could not, cu vate their lands, he thought a heavy should be put on such lands, and thus fo the owner to dispose *of a part of them least-so that they could be divided up i small larras, which, being properly cultiva! would enhance the v:;:ue of tho rest, member who had traveled extensively in t State asserted that such a law was unneces ry; he had found more planters and Ia. owners who were disposed to sell surp lands, than he had found purchasers ; ti were willing to sell to colored men, foreignt or any one pise : besides, it was a subject longing exclusively to a legislative body, delegate from Fairfield said, that with cqi propriety a resolution could be introduced, the effect that as large houses or palaces cities wera useless, :.nd as poisons often oe pied houses in which there were a number vacant room?, they should bo compelled dispose of them ; tue principle was the san The following is th^ platform as it fina passed : 1. That in order to make thc labor of our loya? fellow-citizens more effectual I carrying out the provisions of Congres?, I the restoration of law and order in cur Sta as well as for the peace ana prosperity of rj entire country, we, tho peop.'e ol' South C olina, do form ourselves into a political < ganizatiou, to be known as tho Union Rvpi licau party of South Carolina. 2. That as Republican institutions capri bo preserved, unless intelligence be genera diffused amoDg all classes, we will favoi uniform system of free schools and collegi which sha'll be open to all, 3. That we will favor a liberal system public improvements, such as rail roads, c nals and other works, and also such a syste of awarding contracts for tho same as w give ali our fellow-citizens an equal aud fa chance to share in them. 4. That cs laipO laud cisnopolip stend on to make the rich richer and the p^o?* poort and are ruinous to tie agricultural, comme cial and social interes'SOf the State, the Le islature should oller every practicable indue ment for the division aud sale of unoccuph lauds among thc poorer classes, and as ! encouragement to immigrants to settle in o^ State. 5. That the interests of the State d?niai a revision of the entire cede of laws and tl reorganization of the Courts. " G. That it is Just aDd proper that tax should be ad valorem, and proportioned to tl property of the citizens. 7. That, tie ballot being the surest sal guard of the rights of the citizen, ai! exec tive and legislative officers of the State shou be elected by thc people ; therefore, Rescind, That, in ouj opinion, a pure! Republican Government is maintained on by making our rulers responsible directly the people by frequent elections-not by tl ^Legislature, tut by the people themselves I therefore, Resolved, That the delegates we sharl sci to thcConstitational Convention about to I called" by thc Commanding General, be ii structed to so frame cur new Constitutio that thc Governor and Council, Senators ur Representatives of the State Legislature, au all subordinate officers, except those of tl Judiciary Department, be chosen by the pe pie, to hold their respective offices, not li ?wo years, but for one year. Aud that, in tl election or president and Vice President i the United Sutes, chosen every four year thc electors, as they are now in every othi State in the I nion, shall be chosen by tl people directly, and not by the members i the Legislature. 8. Thai the poor and destitute, those agc and infirm people, houseless and homeles and past labor, who have none to care f< them, should be provided for ac the expen; of the State ; and that, in the reconstructs of our Government, we will see to it th: they are not neglected and forgotten. 9. That the unhappy policy pursued 1 Andrew Johtson is, in its effects upon U loyal peoplo of the South, unjust, oppressh and intolera le ; and accordingly, bowev< ardently we desire to see our State once moi restored to its proper position in tho Unioi we would deplore restoration on any oth( cord'(ions than those prescribed hythe foi tieth Congres;, to which we give our ccrdii and entire sanction, believing the principh enunciated by the Republican patty, throng that Congress, to be just and wise. 10. That the adverse discrimination toward the agricultural labors of the Southern State: as manifested by the enormous tax on cottot is unjust and oppressive, and should be abre gated at the earliest practicable moment. 11. That we sincerely exult in Ibe fact tba as a nation, we are now absolutely a natio of freemen, and that, from ?.he St. Lawrcnc to the Rio Grande, ard from the Atlantic t the Pacific, the sun no longer shines upon th brow of a slave. 12. That a wisc care for the public safe! sometimes renders it necessary that tims ? wh have sought resolutely to overthrow a Govert ment should not hastily be restored to th privileges of which Ihev have deprived then selves by their crime of treiiion-certain! not Until they have shown evidence of sin cere repentance, and a disposition as onerget itally to support ac tfaej have in times paa .sought to destroy the Union; sud ilzt w consider willingness on the part of these mei to elevate to power the men who preserve! unswerving adherence to the Government, du ring thc war. as the best test of sincerity ii professions for the future. 13. That wc will uot support any cnodi date for ornoo who will not openly endorsi the principles adopted by the Union Ri-pub hean party ; and that we pledge ourselves tc Stand by the regular nomination of the party without any reservation whatever. Mr. Langley offered a resolution, wi ich wai adopted, that some of the Registers appointee by Gen. Sickles do not enjoy tho cotifid?nct of the body of voters in their respective Dis tricts. Mr. Mackey offered a resolution, which was not agreed to, to the effect that those persons who are dissatisfied with the action of thc Republican party in their efforts for recon struction, in the manner proposed by Con gress, be allowed to retain a small military government of their own, within the precincts of Castle Pinckney or some other fortress. W. Wright, a colored lawyer, offered a pre amble and resolution proposing a colored man as a candidato on the Republican tieket for the Vice-Presidency of tho United States at the next election, which waa voted down, Pending thc discussion, the Convention ad joorned, to meet to-morrow morning, at 10 o'clock. COLUMBI*, July 2G. The time of the Convention was consumed pretty much t<<-day in the election of officers of thc State Central Committee of the Union Republican party. ?'resident Cleaves announced flint tile Con vention had DQCfBApdpd Urns far harmoniously and pleasantly. AH tnemberj hi?d an oppor tunity of expressing themselves freely. They had been sent here, bc said, to establish a plat form co-operating with the great Republican party of the country. As the corner-stone of the^reaAt?ructaro *hich they had bud WM ' done, afttr invoking Divine assistance, ho be lieved it had been put down so firmly that it never could be takenup. The platform adopt ed was democratic ; it was for the benefit of the poor man as well as the rieb mun. Stand up for the platform. Take up a man, not for bis color, but for bis ability. If a man is found incompetent, when bis one-year term is out, upset bim ; don't let the worm of corruption injure him. Organize leagues ; induce every one to attend. So act that, when our State is again brought forward for admission to the Union of States, she will be received with open arms. As education was the great ne cessity, he advised that one and all use their utmost end. avors to improve themselves, and zn ra particularly the ruing generation ; send the children to school. In the further pro ccedings, act as men. and act as Republicans During a debate, Mr. Bowen reflected on thc position occupied by United States Mar shal Epping; to which Mr. E. replied, that 'ho was not there in any other character than simply Mr. Epping. Mr. B. said, in response, that he would only quote from a Georgia Senator : " That if you shot into a pack of dogs, you can tell which ono has been bit by the noise he makes." Mr. Leslie, who made use of expressions, yesterday, that were construed into au insult to the Convention, after permission g;ranted by the Chair, apologized, and was re admit ted. The following persons were elected officers of the State Central Committee of the Union Republican Party : President, B. F. Whilie more, of Darlington ; Vice President, B. F, Randolph, ol'Orangeburg; Secretary, W. J. McKinlay, of Charleston ; Treasurer, J. P. M. Epping, of Charleston. After which the Convention adjourned, to meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock The Convention re-assembled at 4 o'clock, and business was proceeded with. The following communication was read: COLOIBIA, Friday, Jnly 2G, 18C7. To thc President of the Union Republican Party of South Carolina. Stu : I am sure lhere is no one more sin cerely attached to thc principles of that great National Uuion Republican party which hos saved the Dation from dismemberment and nov.- presides over its destiuies, than I am. Its great idea of cutir? equality for all in thc eyes of the law, regardless of race or color, I most heartily endorse. But there 1:ns bceu aepirit of violent radicalism manifested in the Con vention of South, Carolina, lhati regard iar from tho principles of thc party we are expec ts to act with, and whose principles we ought simply to have adopted. .There ure several articles in the platform, which I con sider simply impolite, and more likely to in jure thp party than to beuefit. I believe the policy ol the Convention should have been one of moderation and conciliation, instead of one of violence to open old wounds. But if Article No- 4, once dofeated and tbeu brought up again ata more favorable time, means anything, it means what no lover of law order and justice to all men can possibly sanc tion. As it would bc impossible for meto pledge myself to support any mau as a candi date who endorsed the principles of spoliation iudicata] in tlir.t article, (fe?iihat I cannot, consistently with Article No. 13 of the plat form, remain a member ot ' J Convention. I therefore very respectfully request that my name bc struck out. Most respectfully, your obedient, servant, B. 0. DUNCAN, of Newberry. The Iciter of resignation waj accepted ; when the President stated in reply, that he was glad the Convention had such a platform, that no Judas can remain. Resolutions were adopted, providing thr\t Copies of the proceedings slioujd he transmit ted to the proceedings should be transmitted to the President of the United States, Gen. Sickles, and the Executive Committee of the Republican party at Washington. Thc Convention theu adjourned sine die* Appointment of Registers. Maj. Gen. D .E. Sickles has appointed thc Registers for thc 2nd Military District. For the Military Post of Aiken we notice the following appointments: POST OF AIKEN. District of Banwell-Beaton Smith, Ed ward A. H. Oakley, A. A. Miller, Wm. Ham mell, Joseph H. McKenna, E- P. Stom-v, G. D. C. Lange, A- S. Marshall, W. L. Ball, Chas. G. Morbacher, B. H. Norland, Wm. M. Care. District ofEdpefield-Ux\ Hill, J. ll. Bec, Prince Rivers, J. McDevitt, J. McKenna, Laurence Kane, D. MtKimrac, B. M. Lamar, Robt. Green, We would here state that Prince Rivers. Laurence Kane and Robt. Green, three of the appointees for this District, are of the colored persuasion. The other six we believe are all white. Gen. Sickles, in the same order, issues the following instructions to Registers: The persons named will be assigned to duty by Post Commanders as members of Boards of Reeistratiou for the several Registration Precincts they may establish within their commands. Commanding Officers of Posts will fill va cancies and rep -rt their action to these head quarters for confirmation. Two Boards of Registration will be organ ized for each County in North Carolina hav ing more than six election precincts, except the Counties of Beaufort, Cumberland, Craven, Edgecombe, Granville, Halifax, New Hano ver, Wake, Davie and Wilson, which shall have the Boards provided for in this order. Three Boards of Registration will be organ ized for each District in South Carolina, ex cept thc Districts of Barnwell, Berkley, Orangeburg. Lexington, Beaufort, Greenville, Chester, Colletcn and tho City of Charleston, which shall have the Boards provided for in this order. Registers will be required to take the oath proscribed by the act of Congress approved 2d July, 1802. Blank forms of this oath ol' office will be furnished to Post Commanders, and whet1 duly subscribed and sworn will be returned to these headquarters. The election precincts established by law or custom as vutitig places in the Counties and Cities of North Carolina and in tho Dis tricts, Parishes and Municipalities cf South Carolina, will be designated by Post Comman ders, .*vs the places for Registration. It is de Mrabl? that not tOOf? tjjen ?ix of th^se and preferably a less number, be included in a Registration Precinct and assigned to one Board so vi'"1 aniPl? facilities may bc af forded for Regie'rat ion. 'Every Bo;,rd of Registration will choose its presiding officer, who will represent the Board and announce its aciiou upon all matters com ing before it. Regulations for the government of Regis ters in ILe discharge of their duties will be duly published aa soon as practicable for gen eral information, The Registers hereby appointed will be immediately notified by the Post Comman ders, to whom they will report at once for the necessary Hooks and blanks. All communications from Registers will be addressed to the Post Commander. Orders and Instructions will bc transmitted to Boards of Registration, through f.be saino channel, Bv command of Maj. Gen. D. E. SICKLES, J. W. CLOUS, Capt. 38th U. S. Ii.lanl'y, A. D. C. and A.A. A. G. Official : J. W. CLOUS, Capt. 38th Infantry, A. D. C. and A. A. A. G. -? -?- ?-. ASSESSOR, OK INTERNAL REVENUE.-II. 0. Henriek, E;-q., has received the appointment, and been confirmed by the Senate, as Asses sor of Internal Revenue for thc Third District of ?South fJarojina, to fill the vacancy occa sioned by the death of y/m. yan Vyck, Esq. The appointment of Mr. H. to this important posiliou will givo general RatUftctiou to thc citizens of thia portion of the State. His in telligent and satisfactory discharge of ihe du ties of Assistant Assessor, during tho past ten months, has won for him hosts of friends in this District, while this honorable endorse ment of his official course is a guaranty of fidelity to the Government and its interests. Anderson Iiitelliycncer. Tho Baltimoro Commercial says: "Th? great bvll in Dour-$3 iu tho barrel in three day j -begins to tell tho story pretty effectually of what is to follow when tbs new crop really fills ( tbs muktk" J THE ADVERTISER JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, I8G7. Our Club Rates. We are now furnishing the A UVE UTI? un to Clubs at the following very low rates: Two Copies one Yoar, $5.50. Five Copies ono Year, 12 50. .Ten Copies ono Year, 22.50. Twonty Copies one Year, 40.00. No Clubs received for a less period than one year,-and in all cases the Cash will bo required in advance. The names of the entire Club must be sent at one time. Now is thc Time. For what? Why to sow a Mg crpp of Butt Baga and Yellow Aberdeen Turnip Seed,-that is, if you have thoroughly enriched and well prepnred your ground. TKAO?E k CAUWILK har? on hand a good lot of choice Seed. -? ? ? Are you a Mason? If so, pay strict attention to the Masonic noticos in our advertising columns. Capt. L. Yancy Dean. Especial attention is directed to the card of this worthy young gentleman to bo found elsewhere in this issue. Also, to his notice of Sciesce Hill Academy. -? ? ? Watermelon Millennium. This blessed period is certainly upon us; and wo are basking fully in its light. To our friend Lieut. DRURY VAUGHK wo return our best thanks for two magnificent specimens ; while one sent us by Rev. J. W. BARB was big enough to feed the Freedmen's Bureau. Both these gentlcmon are wotormelon kings and princes of liberality. We write ourselves down as their best friend for at least fifty years to como ! And a Millennium of a More Lasting Nature. Or the beginning of it rather. Wc meas the Corn Millennium ! Upon our table lie 'our great cars-long, big, /ul), hard as flint. The very sight of them is enough to make man and beast grin with comfort and snort with delight. Two of these cars-Pennsylvania Gourd Seed-come from the yellowing fields of Lieut. VAUGHN ; tho other-some whito and flinty variety-from the energetically conducted plantation of Mr. E. A. Mus. Both of these gentlemen lire and farm on tho Columbia road, not a hundred miles from town. Death of au Editor. Wc regret to learn (says the Macon Mettenger,) that Mr. WM. N. WHITE, editor and proprietor of tho Southern Cultivator, died at Athens, on Sun day, thc 21st inst. We knew Mr. WBITE well, end in common with the.rest of his fellow-citi zens of our old hoiao, esteemed bim very highly. An ? ott ve, energetic, public-spirited citizen, hi? departure would le.-vo a gnp in any community, and we can but sigh that Providence sees fit to take such men from a scene of action whero they ran and do work so much good to their fellow men." The Mooan Telegraph learns that D. RunuoND, Esq., the former editor of tho Southern Cultivator, will again take charge of this excellent agricul tural monthly. Anti-Convention Documents. Th; Augusta Chronicle (fr Sentinel has issued in pamphlet form the speech of Hon. B. II. HILL at Atlanta, and the Letter of Ex-Gov. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON. This a highly interesting pamphlet. Single copies, tire oents; fifty copios, $1.50. Tue Chronicle bas also j nat issued in pamphlet form " Hon. B. H. HILL'S Notes on the Situation." Single copies fifteen cents; wholesale, ton cents. A Word for the President. In another part of our paper will be found the lust Veto of President JOHNSON. Liko all his others, it is aooble, able and conscientious effort in behalf ol ^institutional liberty. While we read it, we could not help thinking that much injustice is done now-a days in the South to Mr. JOHNSON. It hus become rather the fashion to decry him, and to say that he t-peaks and writes much, but does little. In fact it is almost impossible to do ju-Hico to an executive officer situated as is th? President. For a long time past ho has been re garded by all the pro.-oribed people of tho South as thc only barrier between them and utter ruin /ud despair. Ile has boen rogardsd by us all as the rock against which tho angry waves of Radical ism, lttiLed into fury b}' hate for the South and her people, mu-t first dash themselves before swallowing up their victims. His course in tho beginning of our struggles made nine-tenths of the Southern citizens his enemies. Lei us do him justice. We all well remember his speech in tho United States Senate, in 1S60, against secession. Ho took strong grounds against tho dissolution of tho Union; and his effort was regarded by all on his kile of tho Chamber as tho ablest of the session, and unanswerable. He has no concealments. We all know his opinions, for ho ever fraukly STOWS them. So long os the war continued, he was for saving the Union by what be regarded as tho only way to do so-by war. Tho South failed in tho .(lort site made to bo freo from a compact that brought to her people nought hut evil. Her soldiers grounded their ?rms and ceased the strug gle. From that moment Mr. Jonsaox'd efforts have been to get tho Southern Sutes ba-.'k into their original position, and have peace. He, at least, seems to have buried all animosities against those who had regarded him, in war, us their bit terest foe. H: endeavored to avert all that rs lentless vengeance with which ho knew tho Radi cals rogardod us. Had he continued our enemy and "nursed his wrath to keep it warm," he could have betn omnipotent in powsr and cruelty ; for Congres.' clothed him with all power to opprei us. He himself hus suggostod no harsh laws, but bas endeavored, by his vetoes, to save us from the operations of such as he considered unconstim tion.il, degrading and oppressive. In all bis communications to Congress touching tho rights of the South or of individuals, ho hyis been our apologist and defender, and tho defender of that Constitution whoso shield wo would placo over ns. In executing tho Civil itights Dijl and tho Freedman's Bureau Bill, ho has mad? us feel their injustice and wrong as little as possible Like Mt mell, ]l? has committed great mistakes and mado great errors, but til* South is tho Inst part of tho Union that should complain, harshly and thoughtlessly, of those mistakes nnd errors : for ho might hare been the hard, unrelenting ty rant of an unscrupulous majority, rather than our friend. Wo must admit that some things might have been better done than they hare been done; but wo hayo nut ypt tbci. In th? Pres'tfent any wish to oppress the Southern people. Throughout all the Southern States he has been regardod by tho people as their friend, tho only man who could deliver them from bondage; and thus so much bas beou hoped end expected of him that we are now U*b|g |o u|o bim great injus;ice. No othor president W?J trtf environed y|lh the overshadowing trials, and vjtal and perplex ing questions, that surrounded bim. Ho wiabos to reconcile sn exultant and vindictive majority with a minority defeoled hut proud of their civic and military history, sensitive as to their rights, nnd soured by their misfortunes. Ho would do this, nnd save a Constitution and a Government upon tho preservation of which hang the Hfjortiej o? rpc;o than tbjrty B??Ojts of people. Jfn sjiort, ho wouid reconcile and save liberty. Li it not a giant task? If he should succeed, hs will pass Into history ni one of tho great mon of a great epoch. Alas ! wo should rather oxpresi lt thus t If he hud succeeded, be would have passod Into history ns one of tho great men of a great epoch. Shall wo not give bim credit for tho noble effort? oven though ho bas failed ? HST A riot at Regentville ls reported. A shot was fired at Emerson Etheridge. Continued vol leys were tbon fired hy both partios. Ono white ponservative and one black .Radical werp killed, and seven other persons mortally r-ouaded, and A Trip into the Country* Wo hare takon a trip into tbo country. Does' i that Bound funny-nay, foolish ? Tor ut to sn such a thing; we who have lived all our days i this quiet little burg, within a half mils, ia an direction, of the thickest wood* ?nd the broi.de fields. Hut, ncvertbclcrs, we choose to itu agi: on thii occasion that we lire in a bustlb ,g ar busy town, and (hut we have escaped its d lily e: citement and confusion, and taken a trip into tl country. And, oh, how we did mis' the g: iy thror in our streets; and how we .pined at lo sing sig] of art, science, amusement, attraction , the no* of the hour, and all the hustle and panoran which (in the city of Edgefield !) kr sp* up tl excitement during the day, and giro/ to tired ni turc at night its refreshing si ti in bo; ! And ho we longed for the latest rumors fror i Washingto: and the last tidings from the gol' 1 regions, ar the freshest intelligence from Eur jpe ! And the wc had no murder case to wc* p over, and i death from slungshot to be filler*, with horror a and no Academy of Arts or far .cy storei to loc into. In ?hort, the bustle, Variety, attractio food for the eye and taste, which so eminent characterize the town of Ed gelield, were all mi ling; and wo felt an aching void ! Vivo la bag: teile! But rosily we ought na t to ridicule our poi old village thus. Yes IT? ought too; for the w? in which all social, liter? ry, sciontific or artist progress balts among us, is lamentable and ab om nable. No, so far from gettb ig farther out of the gre: world, we got farther ?.nto it : for we went to 3; son's Bridge, across tl) a Saluda, where the Qreei ville and Columbia 'Railroad crosses that rive And sato th? Cars. Think .of it ! Actually sa the cars ! What deuison of old outside Edgefiel does not consider it ? great privilege and advai tage to see the cars ? And spent the night at beautiful farm house, cn an airy hill, surrounde by a smiling valley; through which valley, withi a few hundred yard* of tho house, the cars pai twice a day. And rt so at four, and saw " Tho morn in r asset mantle clnd, Walk o'er the d? JW of yon oastern hill." And rambled in tho woods, and ate blackborrie and "heard the wo odpecker tapping the hollo beach tren," and rr voled in the song of the bobe link. And were ai /akened even before four by tumultuous caeklin g in the hen-roost, and peepe from our lattice, ar od saw a beautifull young gil bringing ia uew-ls id eggs in her snowy musli apron; which ogg s she gave lo tho cook to bo for breakfast. To mike a long tale short, and to come dow to honest fact, w o paid a short visit to old an dear friends-th- e 'widow -and daughters of th late io widoly bo aored and beloved editor of thi paper-COL. An' .-BUR SISIKIXS. This noble lad and her daugh) en, two of whom haro sprun sioco their fatb er*! death from little children int lovely, accomp lished and graceful girls, are noi living on thc, wonderfully fino farm of tho lat Col. JOHN Cy SIMKIXS, ia Nowbcrry District, jus across the ri rer from Jayson's Bridge ; where, un der the prol ection of a large hearted brother am uncle, they are enjoying richly deserved healtl and h ap pic ?ss. To see them again brought to u maDy mets uriel of brighter day's; and thoir waru .welcome and bright facos, and exquisito singin; and play! ?ag and dancing, wound up our loni run-dowr. wheels, and made us go tick, tick, ticl -with 'happy excitement-faster than wo hat gone foi ; many a day before In these evil times when a'il Southern people are over in thc sac:i state o ' mind as was David when he sang: " Ol for tb? i wings of a. i.ove that I might floe awa; and Caa: rest," such a bright little episode a this Traich has lately befallen us, is a thing to bi grateful for. We are grateful for it. J.nd now a few words in relation to tho growing crops which wo saw us we joucnoyed (rom Edge fit ld to Dyson's Bridge : Our report isas piensan oiie, and we can give it in a few words. We firs: took tho old Ninety-Six road for twelve miles, anc thru branched oil into the Island Ford road wViclr*?>-J! into parts hitherto quite unknowr, t>> us. And tchat a road ! The worst upon thc face of God's earth we are quito certain. Nc 'numan frame can piss over it ia A vehiclo onco let alone twice, and continuo to liva. As for us, j we are stone dead even while wo write. But the crops ! Suffice it to say that the whole earth alone, [ this wretched road from Edgefield to tho river, blushes and beams and exults in corn and cotton. Last year at this time abo was sick and wan, and pined with all her grains and fruits aTid Towers; but not so now. Lifo and joy and. fecundity have been infused through tho veins of her velvet hills nnd valleys, and her brow is regal in its crown of green. And to como dowe a little from the hi-h latitudes, wc should like to know what is to mako corn more than seventy-five cents a bushel during the coming season ? To bo iure it will be a bewildering comfort to get it at a dollar; but it sesuis to us V i.1 at tho opening, it cannot be moro than seventy-five cents. Why, wc never saw such magnificent corn in all our lives ! And tho cotton, wherever wc noted it, was lurge, vigorous and hoalthy, indicating a crop somewhat approxima ting those of ibo days of peace and niggors. And up on tho river-but stop. Let us toll you about it. We saw only one plantation really, but that ODO has upon it far the finest crop this side of the Sea Islands. And perhaps too it is the finest laud this side of the coast. This is the sumo planta tion whose farm houso g*v* vt sue!; bounteous and refined oheer-belonging to the estala of the lato Col. Joa.t C. SIMKIXS; lyinij in thc extremo South Western corner of Newberry, immediately upon Saluda River. It is now being orktd on a large scale by Dr. IItMEn, an educated, intelli gent and emiooatly energetic young gentltEUfttt, formerly of Maryland, whom the fortunes of war have brought iuto our part of tho world. After entering a second plantation gate, the road leads to tho house through an immense cotton field of many acres. Upon reaching this field, we openod our oyo-" in absoluto astonishment and intense admiration, and said to our compagnon du voyage, a young gentleman born and raised on a planta tion, and familiar witb all Ibo ins and out? of planting. " You certainly havo'nt si en such cotton anywhere olio thi$ summer." The lattor eyed us with considerable disrespect-because wo did not at once seo int? tho mnttor with a fanner's eye and answered : " I have'nt seen such this summer, nor any othor summer ; never did iee such, aud never tr peet to spa such again." This cotton ii of uniform height thoughout tho jmmonie field-fully five feet-and green, heal thy ?pd vigorous to tho last degree. As to gr?ss in thi t field, one might as wtll look for tares in tho kingdom of beaven ! Tho earth looks as if it had been sifted through a fine sieve, and then sprinkled by means of a watering pot: Upon uiakiug tho acquaintance of Dr. III'.VTKR, we said to him : "Dr. this is evidently your show field, and there can bo no doubt that you have mado tho laborers got down on their knoos and pick tho grass out wit't^ rho?r lagtri.tl His reply w^s; "Actions ?peak louder than words." Whereupon he mounted ui upon a horse, and rodo us through and around tho entiro plantation, beguiling tho time with such practical and intelligent talk about agricultural matters as lc rt us considerably wispr {ban when wo bf jan. Wo traversed not t jnot IBIS than twu hundrod and ?i'iy tiwios of cot? ton ; ?od wo f"Und all the two hundred and fifty acres a "show field"-all Just ns high, just ai vigorous, juit ai clean as that aboTO described. And Dr. H's corn too is Uno in proportion. But thoa everybody has fine corn. And upon this gentleman's crop there is nota pound of guano! Never before hare our mortal oy<as beheld iuch f*iwiag! I{? birea soiuo' i'ue?ty-sqvou or thjrty laborers j anil one hal only to behold their de porttneot towards him. to ico at a glance tb?\t ]]. governs tbpm. not by forof, but by humunity, justice and kindliness.. And now, in tho ulose, wo assure our friends of whom wo havo boon writing, that although a trip ovor the roadi leading from us to them, can only result in certain death, yet wo would wll?Dgly rink anotb.tr in tho hope of neting them again. The hope would bo vain wo well kuow ; but thoro ls much comfort in dying tn a good cause ! , ^-Tbe ter? of office of J. Fi. Dent, gbariu i of Uichland District, having umpired, Gen. Siok- I les has appohtcd Dz. V, Vf. Groan, aa old citison i fVtUtf-M*!* ' " 'J a From the Nett Orleun* Cr??rent, July 1 Thc Duty ol the Hour. We adhere to thu position we have the first assumed. We must make th of the position in which Congress has ? us. and do everything in our power to about speedy reconstruction. Reconstri means a return to peace, the dawn of the revival of bu:iness, the influx of gration, the rebuilding of our levees, t generation of the plahting interest, the i unrest and uncertainty. We cannot aili lose tbe?e things because there is bt door through which we cun pass to ? them, and some of us don't like the There is no help for it. Let every goot usc hU influence as fur as it will go to bettering our condition, and if that inf] does not go as far as we should like, it i ply our misfortune. We can do some at all events, and we have no right to it undone. Every man of good charade pense, who is entitled to vole, should s his registration certificate while there time. When the polls are opened he s deposit his ballot, and do it in such a v, to satisfy the dominant party that they been mistaken in holding out thc ide? thc oaths of allegiance Southern eil have taken do not have a binding and s force. Register now, and afterward vo a constitutional convention, whether th any other reason for a convention than it is made a condition to the renewal o representation in Congress. OurConstit may have been chatiged enough. A while ago, the then great leader of th publican party, thc late President Lit was fully satisfied with it. But as tb publican party of to-day says Louisiana nave no share in national legislation u: constitutional convention is held and a Constitution is made, let us get over the aa qui?kly as possible. If we don't he do it, it will be done nevertheless, and n much to our satisfaction. If we cannot have everything wc wish as we wish it, we must strive for the thing attainable. We suffer from our e: sion from Congres!. We can help to ret that evil at least, and the less grumblin do while we are reconstructing the b shall we be treated. In reconstruction ii only hope of salvation, material, social political. For reconstruction, then, we t work heartily and zealously, notwithstan all discouraging influences. That is the of '.he hour. The Southern "Kingdoms." We do not usc that phrase Southern K doms, unadvisedly. We mean just wh imports. There is no crowned head in Eui governing a like number of subjects, that more absolute couti ol over life and prof (han have the five little monarchs whom Rump Congress have set up to " govern brute force-that is, by military loree-Si that used to be called " sovereign'' within Union. . Naturally enough, these little monarch! gradually gathering around their respec headquarters all the airs and " graces" ol aristocracy. We hear of one driving his ct and four through the streets-and of ano giving levees, receptions, etc., with mout guards at the various approaches to his " ace." If things like these can bo done \ impunity now, wheu the Military Reconst tion Bill has been io operation but a months-we may look for the establisbu of regular il courts," with court (ashil court etiquette, etc., when months roll on i years. It is absurd to ?ny that lite Amen people will not stand that. We answer I they do stand it. When once a great pee become abjects, and bow their necks toa ? imposed despotism, they will stand anythi Kings and kingdom?, however, it is un cessury to add, are r.o*. maintained for nothi They are costly toys, and the cost must borne by the people who are their slaves t subjects. Even while wc write this, ,; Kings" are clamoring for more money at doors of the Treasury Department at Wa ington, and the clamor must he heard. Next winier, when the Rump meets, shall see the effect of this costly experimi in a huge Deficiency Bill, with increaj taxes, a higher Tariff, and other ingenit Radical devices for making the rich rici and the poor piorer. Now, the people can change all this in 1 than a twelvemonth, if they so will. But they do not so will, the Jacobinical den gogues, who are now lording it at Washii ton, will so manage things, as to make th power perpetual. Thai ia the aim of their present legislation. That is the oVji of their Supplementary Reconstruction Bil Thal is the object of their exclusion of me ber* of Congress, not of their own way thinking. Thal is why they are pushi their negro-suffrage hobby. # The people must wnkeup from their torpi There arc some liberties yet to be saved-bi unless the existing indifference be shaken c it may bo too lato.-N. Y. Express. The New Rebellion. The Washington National Jlepublican b licves that the .'New Rebellion" and "Ma imilian's Avengers" arc not mere myths, < creations of the New York Herald. Itsayj We do not doubt, from what we hai learned from reliable sources, that such movement as another rebellion is taiked of i certain quarters, aye, seriously contemplate* These people regard it r,5 a fortunate circun stance that they can organize their nefarioi design-; under tho pretext that, they arc gnin to Mexico to avenge thc death of Maxinuliai Th'.s is a sham. They care untiling for th Archduke. Seeing themselves cut off frot ail participation in the. government they lc bourcd four years to destroy, their object i not vengeance on Juarez and the Mexican; but vengeance against parties nearer home That they feel a sympathy with Maximihai and his friends is no doubt, true, because the are in sympathy with imperialism as i.-aiiis republicanism the world over. They will gi to Mexico or anywhere else, provided it oft); them strength to carry out their main design which design is the overthrow of our govern ment and tlc establishment, of a Soiilbcri oligarchy, in which they shall in'e. We de clare, ihcreforc, that lht?y?era!d'tt Washnigtoi correspondent has net ppoken ti moment toe soon, and his communication, instead of being sensational, is sustained by autiioi itativcfacti in all of its main particulars. Thc adherents of our government, thc lovers, of free princi pl -s, and (.bc believers in republican institu tions cannot bo loo vigilant. "Forewarned is forearmed." Thc whole of thc above is certainly very funny 1 Two GIRLS MURDER WEIR STEPMOTHER IN TENNESSEE.-Tue Kingston East Tennessecan lias thc following particulars of a horrible iffair which occurred in the Sixth Civil Dis trict of Roane County, Tenn., known as thc Paint Ruck District : Il appears that a Mrs. Hicks and her two slep-d?fligbters, named respectively AJary and [Cerir;, had, foi: fOfUO limo lived, unpleasantly together, when tho two daughters determined Lo put her out of the way. Accordingly with murderous intent, they forcibly conveyed their unfortMnate victim to tho smoke-house near by, and commenced a scries of tortures that even the veriest savage would have sbvon,lr. from and grown hideous af-^sucb, was the iporraUj of th,eiy barbarity and wickedness. They'Hrs! attempted to strangle their victim to death, but failing in that, they bethought themselves of a more refined as well as ex peditions mode of accomplishing their object, (Vas lo pour incited lead into thc car of their helpless victim, r.nd then to vr,n|tP ft?3m'an?;e doubly sure, tbeao daughters siruck the'pros ii ato and dying wonjan several blows on the bead with an axe. Supposing tho old lady lead, or dying, they left Uieif mother welter ing 'n ller blood anti went to church. Sanio of the neighbors soon a*"ter coming in found Mrs. Hicks, administered restoratives tnd revived her sufficiently to relate tho ibove detailed facts. Wc learn that Mrs. H'cks has since died of hnr irjuties, and that the murderers an: still at large, having secre ted themselves BO as to prevent thc ofiicers of the law from arresting them. \Sf A dispatch fn-ui New Qvfcau?, dated tho ?5ih, says : "THO Amerloan brig Win. Robertson irrlyed at fy" I.'.Outre, from Havana to-day, laving on board twenty-threo Coolies. Other ibipmenU in small numbers had prerionslj boes, wade, and tho Cocliw axe at work os flan, talion*. From the Kings'.rco Star, July 24. Conflict of Authority. There occurred at '.his place on Saturday last a most unfortunate and mischievous col lision of the military autborit}' with the reg ular administration of ju-lice. A freedman, named Ben. Finklea, bad been arrested and imprisoned under due process of law for an assault and battery with intent to kill, upon the person of William McClellan. Captain Pingree and Mr. J. E. Latvia, representing thc Freedmen's Bureau, called upon Mr. Moody, Clerk of our Court, and required bim to discharge tbe prisoner upon his own re cognizance. This be refused to do, dedaring that both thc Stale la rr and Order No. 10, < f Gen. Sickles, required in criminal cases that tbe usual recognizances should be given, and that there must bo bail ; that in this e ise the physician attending the assaulted party had informed bim that bc was in a critical condi tion, and that his recovery was very doubt ful ; that to release lin: prisoner nuder those cireumstances, would violate bis sworn duly to the St<te laws, and the express provisions of paragraph eleven, of Order N i. 10, lo which be specially called the attention-of the Bureau. They replied that tbey bad nothing to do with General Sickles' orders ; that they acted under G?nerai Scott, who was the ru ling power in this State, and would sustain their action in this ca ;e; that they had orders from bim declaring that freedmen should not be required to give bail, and that they re cognized him only, and that this negro should not give bail ; that Congress would sustain General Scott in what he did. Mr. Moody still declining to dischaige the prisoner upon his own recognizance they called a freedman standing by, Coleman Alford, and instructed him to go to the jail and order the jailer to turn out the prisoner. Alford started olf in hot haste, and on the verbal order delivered by the negro the jailor turned the prison out, and he is now at large. We have no wish to increase the excitement which this affair has occasioned, and will noi assail the motives of the officers of the Bureau. Ina conversation with Capt. Piugree afterwards, in which we endeavored to convince bim of his error, he assured us that, he was acting in accordance with General Scott's decision in a similar case, and that whatever might be General Sickles' orders, General Scott would sustain him. But we cannot remain silent as to the effects of this affair upon the public mind. These officers have by their official action shocked the moral 6tnse of this whole com munity, and done mo:e to destroy the feeling of submission to authority than all that has happened. For one hundred and fifty years in Carolina, the law has been, as it is every where in Christendom, that in a homicide, or a case where thc life (if a wounded party still lingers in suspense, lae accused, committed by judicial authority, ^hallnot be released ex cept upon bail. if the first citizen of this District hail as saulted a negro u.-ider such circumstances, and Mr Moody had discharged him without bail, the whole Bureau would have had from General Scott a vijler t diatribe as to thc par tiality aud corruption of our tribunals. And when every form of law is thus viola ted to protect the*negro in crime, when Gen eral Sickle.-' orders are in vain pleaded against the negro, but thc white man is stringently bound by them, who cm expect peace, who can look for quiet su'onii-sioii to authority ? We impugn no man's motives, but- the Satur day's proceedings lead to results which we shudder to cont?mplale. Its effects upon thc negroes arc already evident; there has been at least one case since then in which, without provocation, this same Coleman Alford, in the public square, lavished the most violent de nunciations on one nf our mo it peaceable and inoffensive citizens, and on his attimpt to explain, exclaimed, u Hush, sir, I don't want to bear you ; yoi. have no more power and influence tbau !he dust on which I tread." But above all things, we implore our fel low-citizens to beware of violence. Our ene mies seek :o goad us to this as a help to the waning fortunes of a corrupt and doomed par ty. Let us keep in tLc right. We cannot believe that General Siekles will sustain this outrage, and uuttl he endorses it, let every good citizen usc his in:luencc to calm all ex citement. READ IT.-TLis is s glorious country and a glorious government-.13 an evidence 01 which wc produce the following order : HKAD QUAKTKRS BOA ID OF RERISTIUT?ON. 13TU SEKAVORIAL DISTRICT, ) AMKBICCS, GA., Joly 13th, l?uT. j Sjyecial Order, Ko. 1. Positive instructions are hereby given to employers, to notify theflf employees, that this Board will meet ot this place on Wed nesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 24tb, 25th, "and 2iith inst, for tho purport of reg istering all unregistered voters of the Coun ty who havo not had previous opportuni ties. And in any instance where tho ordei is not carried into effect by the employers, they will have the extent ol' the law enforced by a Military Commission. The special attention of (he 759 Dist. (Davidsou's Mill) is called to the above or der. By order of the Board. L. C. JONES, Clerk. -- ? ^5iJr* Rober: Taylor, who . was left au orphan and who commenced his lusiuess career by black ing boots, has endowed an orphan asylum at Racine, Wisconsin, with tho handsome sum of $150,000. /?Hf The freedmen along the Yaxoo arc suffer ing from a surfeit of cut fish, which bas given ihem Ihn choiera ,aj a punishment for .rluttony. ?S?f- A correspondent of tho San Francise Bulletin ?tate? that near Monterey thero aro frogs weighing twenty-five poun ls, and that their croak ing can be heard six miles. The same veracious authority avers that they aro uicd in place of fo bells, and cost nothing to keep in repair. prT- Out of nine editors of a Viok-hurg paper, fivo were shot or stabbed, ene was revcrely wound cd, one died <>f yellow fever, aud ono had a prison experience. ZW Among tho latest rrrlvals at Saratoga arc two young ladies from Havana, known as the V Charms of Cuba," and wearing diamonds to thc value of two hundred and fifty thousaud dollars. $3T Tho Anderson intelligencer, of thc 24th, says: "Thc mest favorable accounts reach us from nearly every quarter of the District, respect ing the condition#of thc crops. Abundant and refreshing rains, at suffioiont intorvals, havo glad dened the hearts of our fatmcrs, and tho present aspect of the crops indicato a larger yield Iban for many years. Especially ?B this true in regard to thc corn cr?p, which, boyoni a doubt, ia the finest of thc last decido, UJI.CS; sowie disaster en dues." Jk&r The Sieahiun Mercury slates that the news of the Emperor Maximilian's death produced? terrible effect upun the Emporor of Austria. Hie Majesty was seen to weep bitterly. IW Gen. Crown, Burean Agent at Richmond, Va, has issued an order discontinuing tho issuing of rations io tho destitute, anthorized by thc Con gressional Appropriation lund, after tho 20th of August. ?Sf* The Portuguese Court havo gono Into mourning for thirty days ion the F.W?eror Maxi milian. j*ptf-A?, old. gen?)wuan in Watertown, Mass., \iua was out haying a few days since, could think of no other way of starting his contrary horso than by placing sumo of he hay unu'or him and Betting it on fire. Tho cffc:t was so magical that it not only (-tarted thc horso, but tho whole load was to well started that it vas speedily consumed. Michael Goodwin, rf Ware, Ma?s.,*signed tho temporalice pledge on the Fourth of July las\ year for one year, and whon his time expires he returned to his old practices. On tba ?th he fell down stairs and received paternal injuries, from which he died, '?n thc lUllovlng Sunday. iC?'" An exchange saj-s that tho girls of a neighboring city show tbcjr "good sense" by wearing short dresses. Hero they show their ankles. Anna Harry, of Pittsfield, Mass., has been sentenced to five years iaprisonment for whip ping to death a little girl lin years okL _^f*An old school-boy friend, writing ns from rlarshallvillc, Ga-, uador date of tho 20th inst., ays : " Dear Friend : Being desirous of hearing rom my " boyhood's home" every week at least, [ know of no better plan than subscribing to the idcertiier. Please find enclosed th* subscription irire, and 8'nd as below directed. "Tho crops here, both corn and cotton, are tho ?est known for years, if tot the very best ever eon herc. It really doos one good to come from bo poor old bills of Carolina, and look at the irops herc. Planted as they are from two to bree weeks earlier than there, and then the def erence of soil, cultivation, ?fcc, adds at least two veeks more to its growth. Cotton is from three a sis feet high. And then such plantations ! rhrco, four, andXro hundred acres in cotton ia mall farming. One roan in this county has 3,000 teres planted in cotton alone. From 1,000 to .,500 acres is common. Freedmen have worked veil. "Politically, the State is undergoing a great evolution. Under the leadership of Ben Hill md Hersch :1 V. Johnson the people generally in his section, will vote " Against Convention." Vhat the result will be, who can tell? B. F. C." Lost. On the wa y to Dyson's Bridge, where wo saw ill that fine cotton and corn, we sustained a hor ible loss. Two valuable books 1 " Spohr'a Vio in Method," an old and battered book, covered rith names and scribblings in pencil ; and Dick ins' " Christmas Carol," with the name of Barn vcll upon the fly-leaf. To any kind friend on he Island I'ord road who will enquire for these looks and give as some information of them, we trill consider ourselves under everlasting obliga ion. Wc are of tho opinion that they dropped 'rom tho vehicle not very far from Half Way Swamp Bridge. . %Sf~ A communication has been received by Mr. Fletcher, Secretary of State, from certain ?tizens of Memphis, urging the view that, ac lording to tho opinions expressed recently by J cu. Grant to Gen. Pope, Albert Pike has violated he terms of his parole hy advising citizens to go irmcd to tho polls. ?35* Two colored children were killed in Au gusta on Friday last by lightning. j/33~ An : mendment, disfranchising all persons who voluntarily went into the service of the re bellion, has been adoptod by the New York Con stitutional Convention. Ono proposing to confer the right of suffrage npon boys eighieen years of age, wus rejected. J t3T The Common Council of New Orlcana havo appropriated $00,000 toward the mainten ance of colored schools. 2S?-Tbe :rops in Middle Alabama are said to be magnificent. The entire country looks like a land of promise. There is no doubt that the cora crop this year will be one of thc finest ever rai.ej in Alibama. Galveston advices state that the Govern ment employees who were lately sent to work on tho frontier posts, report great suffering from :holcra near San Antonio. Late accounts from Arkansas represent that thc disease was also pre vailing on tie plantations near Pino Bluff and Helona. ODO planter lost twenty-five hand* by It la.; i week. /^Siy-Tho Indianola (Texas) Bulletin of tho 18th instant, reports tho yellow fever on the in :rcase, and that there arc sick people in almost jvery boase '.a town. Tho fever has also broken )ut at Lavara, Texas. There is much suffering, ind many families arc destitu?a and without pro leetion. OBITUARY,_ " Who has not seen, nor strafe in vain. The tears of memory oft to hide, And s'riving have not wept ?gain, Whilst yet more deep the bosom sighed? And though we strive wc would not tear From memory every bosom scene." How ofton aro wc called upon in these sad and roublcd times to mourn the loss of some dear ind loved one ! Sad an 1 trying indeed is tho trdealj but it is seldom that wo find one moro vorthy of our respect and affectionate remem irance than our venerable friend Mrs. ELIZA BETH O'CONNOR, relict of the late FBASCIS D'COS.NOR, Etq., of Mt. Vintage. This aged lady leparted this lifo on tho 19th inst, at Mt. Vin :ag-\ now tho residence of her son-in-law JAKES A.'GRAY, Esq., of Augusta; breathod her last in hat old and >appy home which had known her md her quiet virtues for so many long years.1 Seventy-six yoars had rolled over her head. Sho 3ad known much of j->y and of sorrow, mach of ovo a-.d much of care. Tho writer of this humble tribute does not de sire to pass any eulogy on the dead, but will sim ply speak of tho iubject of this notice as sbo was mown to thc homo circle of her most intimato rionds. She was sincere, kind, obliging, a devo ed wife, a most affectionate mother, mild ard ge lial in temper, reserved and modest in habits. She leaves a sorrowing daughter to mrurn her rreparablu hiss. The departed mother uow sleeps he ?deep that knows nu waking, beside thc com uni jn of her life, in the silent "Cityof tho Dead." Cf your charity, Christians, praj that she may injoy eternal repose. A FlUEXD. DIEP, on the 12tb July, little ARTHUR, in ant son of J. J. and SALLIE V. BIHCH. aged 9 u-jutbs and ? day?. " Der rest ARTHUR, thou hast left us: HITO thy loss wo deeply feel ; Bat 'tis God that hath bereft us, Hu ran nil our sorrows heal." Bezaleel Chapter, t?o. 8, fi, A. M. \ REGULAR CONVOCATION of Bezaleel ?hiptcr, No. S, R. A. M., will bo hold in their lull on Monday evening next, thc Gth inst. Tho Companions are requested to bo in prompt at? endance. By order of the High Priest. 0. W. ALLEN, Scc'ry. July 31 lt 81 Masonic Notice. [N accordance with a recent amendment of tho Constitution of Concordia Lodge, No. 50, A. \ M., tho Regular Communications of said jodge have been changed from tho 3d Saturday a each month, to the Saturday evening prcce ing tho full moon in each month. Thercforo, ur next Regular Communication will bo held on aturday evening, the 10th inst., at 7 A-lock. Icmbcrs will take due notico and govern thcu> ilvcs accordingly. T. H.- CLARK, Sec'ry. July 31 tf 31 OSEIMI ABNEY. H. T. WRIGHT.. ABNEY & WRIGHT-, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND Solicitors' ill Equity, EDGEFIELD, S. C., 'ill Practice in the United States Courts, giving their especial attention to cases in Bankruptcy. July 30 _tf_31 fine Phaetons and Buggy F?R SALE: rWO STYLISH AND DURARLE Photou Carriages or Bretts. Ono almost new ..tho othor very little worn.- V.itber can bc bought >r what a Top Bupjry and Harnc-s would oo^t. Iso, a fino new TOP RUGGY and HARNESS, ld an old Boggy nn? Harnes*. Any one or all wiil be sold very cheap. JOHN E. BACON. July 23 lm_31 "TURNIP SEED ! rURNIP SEED ! Hf 7ILL arrive to-day direct from tho cclebrn rV ted Sec: Warehouse of DAVID LAN RET1I A SON, tho following varieties : YELLOW RUTA BAGA', YELLOW ABERDEEN, LARGE WHITE GL?tiB. LARGE WHITS FLAT DUTCH. For sale by TEAGUE & CAR WILE, Undcf Masonie Hal), july 30 tf 31 ^L?iT?OT?CE. y2RSONS wishing WHEAT ground at my . Mill can engage a day for the same if they jsire it. . R. T. BUMS. July 3?_4t_31 \&attras ses ! Mattrasses ! . AM prepare! to m?ke to ordnr. COTTON, . AVOOL, MOSS or SHUCK MATTRASSES, i the best manner, and at the most reasonable rices. M. A. MARKEST. Jolyn ff SO.