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The Qualifications for, anti Duty ol'
Registration.
On Moncky next, thc registration of voters
will om menee in this District. The Board
for tho firsr. precinct, composed of Wards No.
1 and 2, will hold their s?s>ion for this pur
pose at the City Hall anti! the liku day of
September next, sotting apart the fiist three
secular daj'sof each week for thc registration
of those rcsi lents, of Ward No. 1, who are
entitled to suffragp, aud the last three dayf
of each week to the registration of those who
are residents and vo'ers in Ward Nf). 2.
The question which has heretofore been
rather one of theory, has now assumed the
shape of reality. Registration is upon us, as
a, practical fact. It is now brought home to
every individual, in the light cf present duty.
It claims his judgment and attention, for it
conc3tns his liberties, rights and welfare. To
it no one can be iuditf-.-rent, for in the ulti
mate decision of pending issues, nil are vi
tally interested.
All persons can of riibt claim to be regis
tered who frc entitled t vote under the
terms of the Reconstruction Act* of Congress.
These prescribe all the disqualifications. And
as thc question is still eagerly aud sincerely
asked on every side, it m'y not be amiss to
re-state, with as much precision as possible,
those who aro undur tho?t> Acts qualified to
register.
All free male persons twenty-one years of
age and upwards are entitled to register and
vote, unless they ure expressly excepted by
the provisions of the Reconstruction Acts.
The oath which each party takes contains in
fall terms all the excepted classes. These
are :
1. Those who are disfranchised for partici
pation in any rebellion or civil ?rar agak'sf
the United States.
Of this class t'jere are nene in this Sta'e.
No laws to this effect have bcc:i passed here
as in Tennessee and Missouri.
2. Couvicted felous.
3. The following classes, who have at any
time, whether bvfore or during the war. oc
cupied any of the following positions, and af
terwards engaged in iusurr ction or rcbelliin
against tie United Stat-', or ?iv_-n aid or
comfort to the enemies thereof. To wit:
Members of any State legislature.
Executive or judicial cthVers of any State.
Members of Congress of the United State!.
Officers of the United Slates.
Thc oath to be takeu for this purp', s ; ex
cludes only ihese. It is a,summary of the
Act. Thc order publishing thc regulations
for registration docs not make any additional
disqualifications. The only words whos
phraseology is general, ar? " Executive and
Judicial Officers of any S:a:e." The reit are
all plain enough. These words, Gen. Sickles,
in his order, defines to include <:all civil offi
ces created by law for the administration of
any general law of a State, or for the admin
istration of justice."
To exclude these from registration two
things must concur. First. One of the* J
offices must have been held, ana second, the
party must afterwards have participated in
the receut struggle with the South. Either
separately is not sufficient:
We have been thus explicit, because we
regird it as an incumbent duly for every
one of our citizens who are not excluded to
register.
And on this point there is not the slightest
difT.-rence among the thoughtful men of the
State. On other questions of policy, there are
wile and variant views. But in this all agree.
Gorernor Perry invokes the white race to
rote, at the appropriate time, " -.c Conven
tion." There are others who regard it as
wisest amid the shifting scenes of the pres
ent to determine that question when the time
arrives. There are others again who are for
a complete fusion with and surrender tc P;'.d
iCilisra and even to negro supremacy. Uut,
however different the stand points as to ulti
mate action, all urge the duty and necessity
of registration. No South Carolinian, wheth
er by b'rth or adoption, who is entitled to
vote, s.iould voluntarily deprive himself of
the right to cast it, if occasion should re
quire. He should not debar himself of tbi *
means of defence. How he shall use it, or
whether he shall use il, is One thing. He
should not, ho'xever, cast away his right to
iti exercise. He may reserve his judgment,
but he should be prepared to express it, on
behalf of regulated government, if occasion
should permit. It may be au clement of
power, which ho may wield efficiently for the
interests of his community and State.
To register can do no bairn. Not to regis
ter may result in great injury. The former
give? you the ballot and enables you to
wi?ld it. The'latter course renders you at
once powerless and deprives you of its exer
eise, however circumstances mav demand its
aid.
We should not yield to indifference, or
surrender to despair. Each one who can
should at least be prepared to do his duty by
his ballot.-Charleston Courier.
Escobedo's Cry for Blood.
The following is the text of Escobedo's let
ter calling for death to all foreigners. It will
be seen that Escobedo bas no fears during
the continuance of the embarrassments of the
United States, and that he thinks the " black
men'' of the South sufficiently instructed in
the political catechism to side with the free
Mexicans and pronounce against the Southern
Whites:
The execution of the traitors, which I had
the satisfaction of directing, is good food for
digestion. It will satisfy the Europeans, and
Yankees, too, that to trifle with Mexicans is
death by the law. Had wo complied with
thc request of thc Yankees, to spare the fili
buster and his associate traitors, it would have
been takeu for cowardice, and the next thing
would have been a request to give up our
lands, our mines and our women. After this
we shall be allowed to worship our own God?
till our own soil, work our own mines, and
not have our women defiled by Yankee liber
tines.
I am now in favour of making clean work
of the detested " Gringo?." _ This country
b-.-Iocgs to God rid us, and just so long as
one foreigner remains on our soil, our liberty
is in jeopardy. By every means in our power
we should make "the country Mexican ; and
as all the property ia the hands of foreigners
was made by our misfortunes, we should take
it, now that we have the power, and hunt
then? from the country. My motto now is
death to all i s?raR;;ero3.
Thcro in nu ?Junger of the Yankees inter
fering with tu no lonjas the Southern States
{Estmlos del Sui ) are kept out of the Union ;
b.-sidi-fi, the black men would side with us,
and nr. y at any time pronounce against the
whites. B'.-fore we get through with the for
eigners, the Yankees will think we are in
eirne^f, and the time will corni? when their
notables will bc begging for their own heads,
instead of begging for the AnMrian.
In our struggles for liberty we have lost
nearly ail. Our lands, and our mines, and
our liborty, abd our wornc:i, and our honors
wc still have, but the foreigners have all the
available wealth of the republic ; but they
will see in less than three years that Mexicans 1
will have what they want in Mexico. '
You will understand from this my position. 1
and should I by any chance whatever become <
A candidate, jos will and erstand my unalter-j ?
iblc platform. When the time comes, you
:an make this letter public in such manner as
pu think proper. ? know that you and I
think alike on these matters, and I know that
my countrymen will applaud our patriotic de
termination.
God and liberty. ESCOBEDO.
Words of Warning from Tennessee.
Hon. B. II. Hill sends to the Cor?nide dj
Sentinel tho following letter received by him
from a gentleman in Tennessee. Mr. Hill
pays: "The enclosed letter was not written
for publication, but it is so excellent I take
the liberty of asking you to give it to our
people. I know the author well. He has
one of the purest hearts and best iutellects in
Tennessee."
CLARAVILLE, Tenn., July 2C, 1SC7.
My Dear Sir :-I read a few days since
your great fpeech made at Atlanta. I am
truly glad to know that you ?nd others are
advising your people not to accept the mis
called Reconstruction Bill. Ia it not euough
tbat our soldiers have been slain-our coun
try made desolate-our property stolen-our
cause l.->st? Must we, to this melancholy
traiu of dire disasters, new add personal deg
radation and national disgrace ? Never! Few
of u.sl>rought out of tho war anything but
our self respect. Let us preserve that until
we go to the grave, where our cause and our
heroic dead are buried.
But, considered as a mere question of poli
cy, to what, an entertainment docs this Recon
struction Bili invite your people! Aro the
people of Georgia auxious to exchange the
Military Government of General Pope for a
Brownlow government? If so, I would w;wn
them to pause and reflect. Tennessee is said
to be a State in thc. American Union. Let
Georgia behold the coudilion, pitiable and*
melancholy, of this once proud commonwealth,
nacl shun a similar fate. Your condition un
der Gen. Pope, is Paradise to ours under
Brownlow. Remain a Territory forever-pe
tition Congress to coutinueyou as a Territory
unt.er a mditary ruler rather than curse you
with a Brownlow government and cull you a
State iu the Union. And your peop?e are
und if they suppose thc Reconstruction Bill
means anything buta Brownlow government
fir the Southern States after they are recon
structed. The government in Tennessee is
the only living repr?sentative (and it is a true
and faithful one) of the Congressional idea of
a reconstructed State. White Radicals and
negroes are to be the voters. L'.ok f.t the
action of Congi ess-in reference to the Ken
tucky members. There it was couceded that
every member elect could take the test oath,
but they repudiated this test, went behind the
test oath and said their constituents were uot
loyal. What is this but saying that, no people
who are not Radical shall have a right to rep
resentation ? What is this but the Brownlow
idea, full Hedged, that none but Radicals
should vote ? ot, if they do, Congress will :iOt
allow their representatives to take their seats.
It is a gtcat mistake to suppose there is but
one Brownlow. Charity to our kind would
incline us to believe that there is butene;
bat this is a mistake. There are meaner men
-more abandoned scoundrels-in the Radi
cal party iu this State than Brownlow. This
may seem incredible, but it is, nevertheless,
true; and you will fiad Brownlows in your
Slate to oppress and persecute your people
men lost to all honor, all shame, all sense of
justice. I wish every man in Georgia could
witness (God forbid that they should ever ex
p?rience) the reign ol terror and despotism
under which tho people of this State now
groan. They would pray God that they might
remain a Territory uulil Gabriel's t.umpet
should sound, rather thau ever emerge into
such a Slate! There are about 3 00'? while
men in thia county : out of tliij number
about three or four hundred can vote, whilst
the uegro vote will reach about 2,000. A
company of negro militia is now stationed in
our town, to be here on election day to incite
riot and humiliate the white people. At our
next county election we expect all our coun
ty offices to be filled with a few Yankee
thieves that have settled amongst ns, and the
balance with negroes. Brownlow* election
(it is aa abuse of the English language to
call such a farce an election) is a foregone
conclusion. Etheridge has made a bold and
gallant fight for thc freedom of the white
man, but he will be defeated. Brownlow,
uuder the infamous franchise law (whioh has
been pronounced Constitutional by tbe Brown
low Judges composing our Supreme Court;,
has the power to set aside the registration in
any county he sees fit.- So you see the only
difference between you and us is. that Gen.
Pope appoiuts your civil rulers and Brownlow
appoints ours. The people of this State would
hail with a shout a proposition to exchange
places with you.
But I am writing .nore than I intended. I
merely wished to thank you for your bold
and eloquent speech, and to assure you that,
in my humble judgment, your advice to the
people of Georgia ?3 sound and wholesome.
Very truly, your friend,
OVER ONE HUNDRED MEN BURIED ALIVE.
-The columns of thc European Germai) pa
pers are filled with the particulars of the
greatest disaster that ever desolated any
mining district :
_On the 1st of July last,the wooden frame
work of a 1.500 feet deep pit of a coal mine
in the neighborhood of Lugan, of Saxony,
gave way, blocking np, with an impenetrable
mass of timber and r*;ck, the pit at a dftplb
of about three hundred ells from tbe top. At
the moment of the disaster one hundred and
two men. nearly ail of them the supp -rters of
large families, were working in the bottom of
the mine. Their provisions were calculated
for one day. On thc fifth of July, the date of
our latest news by mail, the place where ihc
fallen masses had stopped the pit was such a
solid structure that the water was standing on
it many feet high. From all sides thc moit
available help was offered, but the conviction
that nothing could be done soon enough to
save 'he unfortunate miner? weakened, as it
seems, any energetic efforts.
They were doomed to die of starvation and
want of fresh air. On thc 4th of July all at
tempts to reach the bottom of tho minc by
any quick process was abandoned, and a slow
but sore plan was devised by which, at leaat,
the corpses of the perished could be extracted.
Iron tubes of about two feet in diameter were
tobe sunk through the obstructions to the
bottom of the pit. Among the dead are forty
four married men, one of whom had a wife
and nine living children. The scenes at the
entrance of the pitare described as lamenta
ble without a parallel. One hundred and
thirty-seven children filled the air with their
woeful cries, whilst the superintendent of the
mines, to whose negligence the disaster was
ascribed by the poplc, could only bc saved
from being mobbed by his sudden imprison
ment.
FORCED RECONSTRUCTION'.-Reconstruction
under military dure5? will not be binding,
and will not tend to harmonize, but rather to
agiti.te, the country, in tho earlier debates
in Congre=s upon military reconstruction the
palpable and frequent obj notion to I he meas
ure, on lite part of sensible Republicans, was,
that any State constitution presented here
without the sanction of a majority of the
people would bp Invalid, acd that to admit a
State und?r it would be anti Republican. The
scheme for forced reconstruction, by negro
votes, will be productive of mucb difficulty
hereafter if it be carried through, as perhaps
it may be.
Tbe Reconstruction xcts are so executed
under thc orders of thc military commanders,
that the control of the State governments and
of all the elections in ".hose States is appa
rently in the interest of the negroes. The
white people, even if rot disfranchised, are
deterred by threats of prosecution for fraud
or perjury from appearing at the polls.
The State govfrnments which are to be
formed by minorities wiil not be just govern
ments.-National Intelligencer.
The Jasper (Qa.,) Newi Boy says: "We
understand-that tho wife of o?ir worthy culored j
citizen, Bill Hadnot, presented him with four !
children a f. w days ago, ono weighing 8 pounds,
sue 12, ono 13, one 15-IS pounds of baVies at one !
Jirth. In tho language of Bill, wo say: "Beat 1
lat white man i If jon can't, sa/ no moro ?boat 1
?epvfinieiis?tj." J
THE ADVERTISER
JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14, 1807.
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REGISTRATION.
In another column will be found, in full, tho
order of Gen. SICKLES requiring that Registra
tion bo commenced forthwith. Let all read this
order; though we warn all that it is not pleasant
reading. It lo.ives upon our mind, more than
any orders we bava yet read, that we are all em
phatically in tho dust, and that Radical one
sidedness-to call it no worse name-knows no
bouuds.
.But let nothing-nothing uhutreer-neither bu
nor.Muers, norengagemonts, nor time, nor distance,
sickness, nor horror, nor disgust, nor antipathy,
nor hopelcssnesf-?cep a tingle man from Regis
tering who can. REGISTER ! REGISTER!
Rest assured you will never have cause to regret
it. If every white man in South Carolina, who
can, will register, we may yet gain political su
premacy-a goal better worth atriving for now
than crowns or kingdoms.
The Registrars for the 7th Regiment, Edgefield
District, are Lr.vi HILL, (Chairman of Board,)
J. R. BEE, and PRINCE RIVERS, (colored.) Their
appointments are as follows :
Hamburg, on Wednesday and Thursday, 14th
and 15th August.
Beach Island, on Friday and Saturday, 1 ft th
?nd 17th August.
Grantville, on Monday and Tuesday, 19th and
20th August.
Hatcher's Pond, on Wednesday and Thursday,
21st and 22d inst.
Ljbrand's, on Friday and Satu.-day, 23d and
24th inst.
Ridge's, on Monday and Tuosday,26th and 27th
inst.
Edgefield C. H., on Wednesday and Thursday,
2Srh and 29th inst.
Pine House, on Friday and Saturday, 30th and
31st inst.
Cherokee Pond, on Monday and Tuesday, 2d
and 31 September.
The Books to be opened at each of the above
named places each day at S o'clock, and close at
suusat
Thc Registrars for the 10th Regiment are D
U. KEMME, (Chairman of Board,} B. M. LAMA?,
and ROBERT GREEN (colored.) Their appoint
ments are us follows :
Mauley's Store, Friday and Saturday, l'th and
17th August
Mount Willing, Monday and Tuesday, 19th aud
20th August
Norri?' Store, Wednesday and Thursday, 21st
and 22d August.
Rinehart'*, Friday and Saturday, 23d and 24th
August
Porry's X Roads, Monday and Tuesday, 26th
and 27th August.
Coleman's X Roads, Wtdnosday and Thursday,
'.'itb axd 29th August.
Richardson's, Friday and Saturday, 30th and
31ft Augu.it
Coopersvillo, Tuesday and Wednesday, 3d and
4tV> September.
The Books will beopenod at each of the abovo
places each day from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
The Registers for the 9th Regiment are J. II.
MCKEXS.I, (Chairman of Board,) .Tony McDsYlT,
and LAwntxcE Cxis (colored.) The order of
thoir appointments we have not been ablo to learn.
Thc Brinier Plow.
See i.dvertisement-and send in your^orders
immediately.
Another Mass Meeting of Freedmen.
On Saturday" last, another meeting of Freed
men took place at tho Academy. This meeting,
if we mistake not, was for the furtherance of tho
"Union Republican Club," a club now being
formed-or already formed, we believe-among
Freedmen of this vicinity. The Constitution and
By-Laws of this Club were read to the asjcmbled
multitude, and by them unanimously adopted.
By article second of this Constitution the mem
bers of this Union Republican Club pledge them
selves to tupport the Union Republican Party
throughout the whole country. The reit of its
articles, we believe, provide for a general feast of
charity. But article se o cn J makes such a dark
spot in this feast that wc are constrained to think
tho whole thiog " a bad egg."
During the course of this meeting, Major JOSEPH
ABNEY, having been previously invited, favored
the audience with a speech, in which be gave
them such admirable advice and timely warning
as wa* gratifying to hear. Tho respectful and
undivided attention of his listeners proved the
confidence they reposed in the gifted speaker and
their high appreciation of his truo, faithful and
independent instructions. If they would mind
every word he said to them, all would be right?
and they might, in future, stay at home aud at
tend to their work.
Items Concerning the Crops.
From all sections of our large District, ?ave one,
como unqualifiedly cheering reports of the Corn
and Cotton prospect. Thc unfortunate seotion
which makes thc exception is that around Mt.
Willing-the scope of country between Cloud's
Creek and Saluda River. On Saturday last, an
intelligent freedman, himself farming near Mt.
Willing, gave us a very doleful account of the
condition of the crops in the said section, only
confirming what we had heard before. He report*
that for five weeks proceeding the first Fridny in
August, the drought was intense and unbroken.
On that day this section was visited with abundant
rain. Wc earnestly hope tho sequel will prove
that crop prospects among our honorod fellow-cit
iiens of Cloud's Creek and Mt. Willing arc not so
gloomy as we are at present led to report.
Does Every Poiiy Know This?
Thal a very accomplished Baker is running his
business in our town ? A cleanly and respecta
ble man who attends so strictly to bis own affairs
that the moss are apt never to find him out His
name is Mr. SEARLES ; he bakes in a large brick
oven appertaining to thc Metropolitan Hotel ; and
bis Bread may be had, on any morning or after
noon, from two or three different ahopa about the
village. His Bread, Rusk aud Pastry are of the
best kind-always light, always fresh. His PufI
Paste is so fine as to' be out of the common run*
He is honest and highly accommodating. We
hopo our people will uphold him, for he is a pro
found comfort in our midst.
The Pince to get ,our Watermelon
Ser ds.
During the r "t week, at different times, two
ravishing Wot melons have befallen the Advtr
titcr Corps. For this, their thanks are due to the
generosity of their old and very honored friend
BKSJ. HATCHER Esq., of Pine House-the "Prom
ised Land" of fruits, melons, and neighborly
kindness. On account of the nevcr-to-be-sur
passed superiority of these melons, we have saved
tho seeds. We will give two or three of fho?e to
any and every man who will enter into bond,
with good surety, to give, us next season, a melon
for each seed.
Colloquy in Loafer's Paradise.
Loafer's Paradise is Park Row. Says J. B. to
J. C. " Have you got any Cotton open ?" Says
J M. L, cutting iu, without giving J. C. time to re
I ply : "Yes, I got one boll open." Says J. C. with
?ll disguised envy : " Well, you'd betttr go homo
an l pick it out d-n quick, and got it off to Au
gusta, for its 26 cents now."
p&' The Radical Legislature of Connecticut
has rejectod a proposed amendment of tho con
stitution to give negroes the right to vote in that
State. In the House of Representatives, in which
tho Radicals havo a majority of about fifteen, the
majority against ?ho amendment was 13. Tho
hypocrisy of the Radical pretended love for the
negro is shown by numerous demonstrations such i
aa Ait.
Militia Officers.
The Yorkrille Enquirer takes th? ground
we entertain the same opinion, that nnd
Registration Order, it ia very clear that n
son is excluded from registration becausa ]
been & militia ufficor. Tho order disfranchi
"executivo and judicial officers," that is al
at any time previous to tho var, hnvo heh
civil office created by law for administr?t
any general law of a Stat?; or for th? adi
tration of justice, and who afterward? en
in rebellion. As no office in ths militia w?i
ted for either of these purposes, and as i
officors are not civil- but military officers,
arc certainly entitled tb registor and vote
m.-ike this point, because soma militia o
hare bean in doubt as to their being all m
register.
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Washington University.
We would call tho attention of the
South to this flourishing " Medical College
usted at Baltimore, Maryland.
Tho following is a list of its distingt
Faculty, eight of whom belonged to the *
federate Statos Army."
Rev. Tho? E. Bond, M. D., President.
G. C. M. Roberts, M. D., Emeritus Prnfes
Obstetrics and Disoasei of Women and Chi
A. J. Foard, ^?. D., Professor of Descri
and Sureical Anatomy.
J. P. Logan, M. D., Professor of tho Prin
and Practice nf Medicino.
Harvey L. Byrd, M.#D., Professor of O
ries.
Martin P. Scott, M. D., Professor of the
eases of Women and Children.
Edward Warren, M. D., Professor of tho
ciples and Practice of Surgery.
John F. Monmonicr, M. D., Professor of
riology and General Pathology.
J. J. Moorman, M. D., Professor of Mt
Jurisprudence and Hyeiene.
Joseph E. Clagett, M. D., Professor of M:
Medica and Therapeutics.
Clarence Morfit, M. D., Professor of Me
Chemistry and Pharmacy.
John K. Monmonier, M. D., Demonstra!
Anatomy.
Its Regular Session begins on tho first Tut
in October and continues five months.
" One student from each Congressional
trict of tho Southern States will bo ada
to all the privileges of this University upor
payment of Thirty-five Dollars for each Se
of attendance. Wounded and disabled sol
will have precedence in this regard over all
applicants."
All such as dcsiro to avail themselves ol
privilege, will forward their applications to
Fo.inD, M. D., Dean, Baltimore, Md.
Any applicant recommended by Ex-Go
W. PICKESS, Gen. M. W. GART and Gen. h
BUTLKR will secure a beneficiary appointmei
Wo commend this institution to the e:p
patronage of tho South.
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"Tired ob de Calamity."
On Saturday hst, as wo were crossing the bi
over tho Acadoray branch, on our way ti
Freedmen's Meeting, we met an aged col
gentleman, "one of the olden time," retur
from tho scone of action. We said to biin : "
how, unclo?-is tho meeting over?" The r
wai: " N<>, Massa, but I tired ob de calatn
Wc bavo but little idea what the poor old
m?nnt, for wo knew him not; but thc d.iy
most certainly ei-oit when he, and hundred?
him, will bo more sud moro " tiru J ob de calam
Truth from a Union Shrieker.
Flake, of the Galveston^JuWeiiH, a notor
Northern Radical, says : " Wo may just a<
stHto the truth at once. What ever righi
privileges have been bestowed on the freed
by the North have been given of necessity,
a great mistake to suppose that there is anj
perfluity of lovo for colored ?nen in the btmou
Northern people. There is an intense hatre
rebellion, but no more love for the negro than
be conveniently enjoyed. Thc lines of distinc
between the races nre deeper, broader, and r
indelible in Quaker Pennsylvania than Mississ
or TeXi.s. It would not bo strange if, some I
in the far distant future, thc negro shouK
forced to appeal to the South against Nortl
prejudice."
jjSrTbe Darlington Southerner, of a late d
has an editorial article, h?aded, " How shall
Pay our Debts ?" which favors repudiation,
says : " Repudiation ii a word which doubl
many shrink from uttering; yet that seems t
the only course left for the impoverished
ruined South. It is true, wc can still further
to euch others trials and difficulties aud povc
VIT seizing thc Utile <uch ono hus left, but th
neither humane or just. We have already <
the working of this system, and the additit
misery it brought to our doers ! "Forgive us
debts," seems a legitimate and natural pru
from one impoverished Southerner to anotl
and the granting cf it both humane and right.
?3f Reconstruction under military dui
(says the National Intelligencer) will not be hi
ing, and will not tsnd to harmonize but rathe
agitate tho country. In tho earlier debates
Congress upon military reconstruction the pal
hie and frequent ol jeetion to the measure, on
part of sensible Republicans, was, that any St
constitulion presented here without the sanct
of a majority of the people would be invalid, i
that to admit a State under it would be anti
publican. The scheme for forced reconstruct!
by negro vote, will be productive of much di
culty hcreaftorif it be carried through, as perhi
it nay be.
The Reconstruction Acts are so executed un?
the orders of the military commanders, that 1
control of the State government and of all I
elections in those States is apparently in the
tore't of the negroe?. The white poople, even
not disfranchised, are deterred by threats of pto
cution for fraud or perjury from appearing at t
polls.
The State governments which are to bs form
by minorities will not be just governments.
?gf Says tho Indianapolis (Ind.) Lera
" The public debt is going up at the rate of OT
twenty-four million? a month ! That is only t
hundred and forty million? a year ! Cheap enou,
certainly, for a grand experiment of tumi
white men into negroes, and changing the Ami
ican into an African system of government.
-' - ? ? -? ? ?
SST Mayor Gustavus Horton of Mobile, t
Major by Military appointment, was arrested i
tl-j 10th, by the United Statos Commissioner, )
D. Turner, for a violation of tho Civil Righ
Bill, in the caye of the negro Johnson. Tho ca
consisted in the banishment of the nogro, wi
had lost a leg in the Union service. T rton ga
bail for two thousand dollars for his appoaran
on Monday.
t^tf Mr. Benj. Thompson, a wealthy plant
of Beaufort, S. C., was brought in a derange
state of mind to tho Asylum in Columbia, on Sui
day evening, tho 5th, and early the noxt mornin
he committed suicido by banging himself wit
his suspenders and a piece of the sheet from h
bed. When discovered tho alarm was giren, an
Dr. Parker, the Superintendent, sent for. Evsr
effort was made to resuscitate the unfurtunat
man, but it was of no avail.
,?37* Tho Albany (Ga.,) JVttf? say? : "Quite
number of our plantar? are preparing tn comraeno
picking cotton. If tho rain will only subside
eno of the most bountiful crops over gathered wil
be brought to market this yoar.
J&S~ A gentleman in one of tho intorlor town
is so much opposed to capital punishment that, ll
is said, he rofuses to hang his gito.
t3F People ofttn say they do not believe the
newspapors, yet noarly all they talk about, and
the most they know about anything, they leam
from tho papers. Isn't it so? Then tako the
newspapers.
fc3^ Tho majority of non. John L. Helm,
Democratic candidate for Governor of Kentucky
will reach 40,000.
^5*r An officer of tho colored Loyal League at
Savannah is roported to havo put out a fow days
=go with about a thousaud dollars belonging to
the concern. His disappearance created MOO
?mriiey&oat among tb? poor 4*tV> I
Our Political Situation.
The great Political Spbynx, shrouded in
Reconstruction Acti of Congreis, is apparent^
difficult of solution as the fabled monster of
tlquity. Tho Southern People are divided in or
ion as to ita character. Ono party is charmed w
tho face of this Monster, and sccs in its lin?ame
nothing but amiability and loveliness ; a sect
party fears its flowing mane, in which itdiscov
tho haughty power of the king of beasts. So
find iU paw clothed with velvet, while othors a
it ii the hoof of the devil.
That portion of these Acts disfranchising* e
tiin class of our better citizen?, is, and must e
bs, rovolting to all Southerners; save thc Fre
nen, who have beon cheated by its disscmbl
features, and a fow political buckston, who hi
to nso its pruviiions for the purpose of obtain
monoy and a little brief authority.
Tho Radical Party have in none of their s
exhibited more subtlety than in that particu
disfranchising clause. They shrewdly caleula
that it would be an apple of discord in our mid
aad unfortunately their calculation hal pro'
correct. The South, utterly prostrate at the cl
of the war, couquered, humiliated and helpli
sued for, and vainly expected from her conquere
a more magnanimous peace than is usually
eorded to the conquerod. Human naturo ii
same yesterday, to-day and to-morrow; and i
ought not, judging from thc pa?t, to have expo
ed magnanimity from apeoplo who cover rojoii
in a magnanimous reputation; a people natara
colder than those of her own sunny clime ; a p
pie in whose veins flowed tho blood of the anti
of " Poor Richard," whose cold and calculati
prinoiples bad long since freczed the genial c
rent of their souls. Nor should she have expo
ed, from the teaching of history, aught save I
doom of tho conquered; that doom which in I
dayi of Egyptian bondage, wai hewing wood a
drawing water; with the Grecian, unconditioi
slavory; with the Roman, tho Caudino For
and as lato as the day of the great Engl:
Roundhead, exile and. confiscation. She had
nady suffered the inevitable coniequencos of
unsuccessful revolution, an inflated current
financial embarrassment, insecurity, of lifo a
property, social and political demoralization, a
naturally sought repose; indeed wai ready a
willing to accept the protection even of a stro
concentrated despotism.
Snch ropose was guarantied by President Jon
son, provided she would, in Convention asse:
bled, abolish Slavory in the different States. Tl
Wal done-in sackcloth and ashes. But with tl
abolition came neither poaca nor repose. T
Provisional Governor! appointed in the diff?re
Statei, then urged the passage of tho Civil Rigl
Bill, as the ultimatum, together with the rep?
of the Ordinance of Secession. This oonditi
vas alto complied with. And tho South awo
to find out too late that the had been wofully c
?eived. Tho Radical party who were, and si
ire, the dominant majority, declared by Congr?
donal legislation that Presidont Jon.MOM had t
weded hil powers, and refused to endorso 1
promises to tho deluded South. Tho Preside)
true to tho instinct of the Politician, and losi
sight of the fact that the Army and not the Pe
pie govern a country immediately after all rev
lotions, appealed to tho maiscs, and mot with
signal defeat ; thereby rendering the Executi
powerless, and loaviug the South at the mercy
tbe Shcrman-Shcllabsrger faction.
Then came the concocting of the lato Reco
itruction Acts. According to an expose of t
motives of the Radical party, by one of its 01
members, such an Act wai to be framed ai wou
divido and thereby weaken tho white mon cf t
South, and render the freodmsD an unit. It w
said that the South had swallowed, contrary
their expectation, the bitter pill of the abolitii
of (lavery, bad passed the Civil Rights Bill, 1
ptaled tho Ordinance of Secession, Ac. Indai
all this had been done unanimously ; and tl
Radical party, despairing of creating any divisii
?ip thc South, at length found in certain provisio:
of tho late Roconitruction Acts, disfranchbii
most of tho old political leaders f tho countr
that apple of diacord which they so earnest
sought. Thad Stnven.1 himself is said to ha
contended against the policy of disfranchisemo
on account of participation in tho " rebellion
because that would have disfranchised tho who
Southern people. But with h:s accustomed shrew
neis he insisted upon disfranchising that cia
who had held political offices, and boldly announ
that what Jackton had said of hil appointee
"few die, and none reiign," might be premise
of the political leaders of the South. Iliijudj
rae tit bas proved correct; nml to-day we are um
hie to form ?ny white man's party, becauso of tl
division in our ranks caused by thii Radie
Scheme. Some, like Oov. Brown, hops that h
orerleaping even the Radicals themselves, Cor
jre?s m*y bo inducod to remove their disability
. i thors flatter themselves that because they ai
flowed to vote, they will bo airo permitted I
hull office without taking the iron-clad oath
whilo others, who are liopelcisly disfranchise)
look upon the whole thing as tho acme of degre
dation.
And hence it is that there has been noprecor
corted move in the Stale, or in the South, as t
the formation of any Conservative Party. Th
proper course, under all the circumstances, woul
be for the State to have had an understandin
upon the subject of Convention orno Conventior
10 ai lo render herself, if possible, a unit. 1
this could bo effected and thc policy of voting fo
tho Convention be adopted, (for we regard the Con
vention as a foregone conclusion) white men migh
be sent from most of the upper Districts,and man;
from the middle Diitriuts, who would control th
Convention. And alihough tim Body roust con
form to the provisions uf the Reconstruction Act;
jot we might, by pursuing tho course sketchs*
above, avoid tho confiscation which Congress, hav
ing despaired of by Federal Legislation, hopes t
effect through legitimate State channels ; am
might be enabled also to fill our State offices witl
white men, and to protect our property from ruin
0U8 taxation.
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jSEJ* General Sickles hai issued an order in rc
i lation to certain money advanced by South Caro
lina banks, during tho war, for the purc'jaae e
horns for tho Confederate service, but wh ch, no
bein; expended, had been diitributud iin.it th)
war, under a chancery decree, among the bau ki
and other clalmanti. The order annuls th? deere)
i ai a fraud againit the United Statos and appoint)
i a receiver, on the part of the Government, tc
, whom fund? dis'ributod, including costs and feel
i of counsel, are to be repaid. Said receiver is di
i reeled to report promptly any delinquincy or ob.
i itruetion on tho part of individuals or oorpora
1 :ioDi in the way of tho executif. 11 the ordor.
, -?-aw*
ty A colored cuss who was up bofore the
jolie? court at Louisville a few dajs ago, on a
charge of iteiling, rather took down the concern
! ly remarking, ai ho was about to bo marched off
. t) jail, lhat " if they didn't let a nigger stosl a
; Irtlo in dil dam country, I's? gwin? back to Ten
nessee, where Mr. Bronlow 'ill see nigger git hit
rigtta, iure."
?Set" Another of the endless series of Chicago
leardal caaos has lately come to light, and tho
outland offers hil injured wife $150,000 if ibo
willonly lot him alone and go away quiotly. If
ihe looi, the Chicago Tribune says that " the
gonpi of that city and a portion of Michigan
will misi one of the most salacious pieces of scan
dal hat has be "n occaiioned in some years."
fcjr"*" Tho wife of a celebrated phyiician, on?
day lasting her eyo out of th? window, observed
her luaband in tho funeral procession of ono of
hia patients, at which she exclaimed : " I do wish
my miband would keep away from such procas
sioni-it appeari too much like a tailor carrying
homehis work."
The Romo (Ga.) Courier, of tho nth Inst,,
mentons tho suicido in that placo of L. C. John
son, i son of ex-Gov?rnor Johnson, of 8outh
Carolina.
S. P. Chase payi tax on an inoomo of
$700,000 per year. When ha went to Washington,
in 18*1, ho was not worth $10,000 ! Ho has boon
a lucky financier for himsolf, if not for the coun
try. Ho and Jay Cooko hara m ado u. loyalty"
P?I-*?? J
Closing Scene in the Surratt T
WASHINGTON, Aug.
At one o'clock the prisoner,.:.'John H
:att, was brought into the Gourt roon
issigned the seat occupied by him duri)
[riaf, beside his counsel. He came into
unilirg and seemed in goori spirits, i
chatted with his counsel. Mr. Merrick
an allusion to a report that an attempt
be made at rescue, whereat the pr
seemed much amused.
At five minutes past one, Judge Fish
sumed bia se*t upon the bench. Bj
time the room was much crowded. Th(
was brought in.
Middleton, the clerk, addressing the
said "Gentlemen of the Jury, have
agreed upon a verdict?"
?Mr. Todd, foreman, said : " We hav
been able to agree."
Judge Fisher said : <:I have receive
following letter fro? the Jury :
To His Honor Geo. P. Fisher, in chai
Criminal Court :
Sm : The Jury in thc case of the U.
John 1!. Surratt, most respectfully state
they stand precisely now as when thej
ballotted upon entering the room, n
equally divided, and they are firmly conv
that they cannot possibly make a ve
We deem it our duly to thc court, tc
country and in view of the condition o
private tffairs and si'uation of our fan
and in view of the fact that the bea
several of our members is becoming seri
injured under the protracted conf?neme:
make this statement, and ask your hot
dismiss us at once.
Most respectfully submitted.
W. B. Todd, Robt. Ball, J. R. Barr, :
Berry, Geo. A. Bohrer, C. G. Schm
James J. Davis, Columbus Alexander,
McLean, Benj. F. Morrell, B. E. Getting
W. W. Birth.
After the letter had been read, Jndge
er asked if anvthing was to be said on e
side why ?ki Jury should not be dischai
Bradley said the prisoner did not con
and, if there was any discharge, it wou
against thc protest of the prisoner.
Carrington said he would leave the vs
matter with the Court.
Judge Fisher said he had already rec?
two or three notes of a similar chamctf
the one read. If there was any possit
of the Jury agreeing, he would not obj
keeping them for a reasonable time; bi
h? was informed they could not pos?
agree, ho would discharge them.
The Jury was, Accordingly, dischargi
ten minute* past one o'clock. The Jury
left thc court-room.
Judge Fisher then immediately rcac
following : " I have now a very unplen
duty to discharge, but one which I ca
forego. On the second day of July
during thc progress of the trial of .loh
Surratt for the murder of Abraham Lin'
immediately after-the Court had taken ;
cess until the following morning, as the
siding Justice vtfaS descending from the be
Joseph H. Bradley, Esq., accosted him
rude and inquiring manner, charging
Judge with haying offered him (Mr. Brae
a series of Insults? from the bench frorr
commencement of the trial. The Judge
claimed any intention whatever of passing
insult, and assured Mr. B. that he cnterta
for him no other feelings but those of re*
Mr. Bradley, so far from accepting this
planatior. or disclaimer, thereupon threat'
the Judge with personal chastisement, ti
understood. No Court can administer ju
or live if its Judges arc to be threatened
personal violence on all occasions, when
the counsel may bc excited by any imagi
insult. The offence of Mr. Bradley is
which even his years will not palliate
cannot be overlooked nor go unpunisbe
a contempt of Court: it is, therefore, crd
that his name be stricken from the ro
attorneys practising in this Court."
Bradley immediately rose to his feet
asked if the Court had adjourned.
Judge Fisher-"It has not, sir."
Bradley-"Then, sir, in the presenc
Court and this assembly, I hereby pronon
the statement just made by the Judge
utterly false in every particular."
Judge Fisher, interrupting-" Crier, adjc
the Court."
Muller?, the crier-11 This Coart is i
adjourned."
Bradley-" Well, then, I will say now"
Fisher, rising to leave tbe bench-" '
can say what }'ou please, sir, and mal
srfach to thc crowd if you Uko."
Bradley-" You have no authority to
miss me from the bar ; that must be the
of three of thc Judges of the Supreme Cou
Judge Fisher made a reply, which
inaudible lo our reporter, and then left
loom, followed by a largo crowd of pers<
Immediately after leaving the court ro
Judge Fisher proceeded to the aireet and
tered a car. He was followed closely by Bi
ley, who entered the car, and, stepping ur
Judge Fisher, handed him a note. Ju
Fisher took the note, rose lo his feet, ope
it, and began to read it ; and Mr. Brad
turned and left thc car, around which an
cited crowd had gathered.
It is understood the note was a challen
Several police sprang into the car. and oil!
McKenney slipped to the side of Mr. Bradl
aud remained in that position while he
mai ned in the car. Leaving the car, I
Bradley passed through tho crowd and entei
his office, and was followed by several frier
belonging to the Bar. A large crowd imr
diately gathered on the comer in front of
ollice. After remaining in his office a f
moments, Mr. Bradley came oat, arm-in-a:
with his brother, Charles Bradley, Esq.,
the National Bank of the Republic, and pi
ceeded down Louisiana Avenue, followed
a crowd of friends and curious persons, w
excitedly discussed the proceedings whi
had just transpired.
In the meantime Judge Fisher resumed 1
perusal of the note. When the car mov
off' a number cf his personal friends had c
tered the car and a great deal of apprehc
sion was manifested of a personal encount
between the Judgo and the deposed lawyer.
A movement is on foot to indict Bradli
for sending Judge Fisher a challenge, but
appears that Bradley simply acccPred Judi
Fisher's verbal challenge, offered during tl
difficulty, which led to Bradley's debasemer
They dilemma is, if Bradley is punishub
for accepting, Judge Fisher is liable for sen
ir.g. The penalty is fine and imprisonme:
for five years All interest in the Surra
trial yields to the Fisher and Bradley quam
The jurors for conviction are: Tod'
Schneider, McLean and Barr.
The reveno receipts to-dny amount I
$1115,000 ; for the week $3,7-1-1 OOO.
Thc Postoffice department has authorize
postal service between Galveston, Texas, an
Tuxpan, Mexico, semimon'hly, by means i
x line of packets established Ly J. R. Whil
lc Co., of Galveston.
From Havana.
NEW ORLEANS, August 10, noon.-?lavan
dates to the 5th say that the Spanisl ma
steamer from Cadiz arrived to-day, briugin
the new Postmaster General.
The Diario de la Marino, of the 4tb, insist
that the United State; ha9 been a party ti
the indiscriminate shooting in Mexico by th
Li .erais, and calls for a Europeau coalitioi
against America, in order that th/s cause o
common rights should be respected through
out thc continent.
The British steamer Lyre arrivod thii
morning from Yera Cruz.
Santa Anna has been brought to Veri
Cruz by a Mexican mnn-of war, and was u
bo tried for conspiracy.
A reward of ten thousand dollars is offered
for Marquez.
In the Capital order is being speedily
restored by the energy of the Juarez Gov
ernment.
Trouble from the Indians continues.
The Standard, of Pachucha, gaya a courier
passed Otumba with news of thc capture of
Marquez at a hacienda in Puscdorces.
The Mexican Government schooner Juarez
arrived at Vera Cruz on thc 30lh, having on
board Santa Anna's wife and family.
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The Agricultural Department at Washing
ton gires tho comforting assurance dint tho waoat
.rop of t^o present yenr will allow fire and a
half bushels to each individual, white or black,
man, woman and child. Not much of a farnino
freeport ia auch inteUifowo,
Row Between Stanton and the Presi
dent.
Correspondence of the Ckarleetoa Courier.
WASHINGTON, August 7.
The President finding that Secreter)' Stan
ton would not tender His resignation upon a
verbal rnvitation, yesterday sent him a note,
stating t.hat political considerations required
his resiim?tion. Tbc Secretary replied wi'.b
equal brevity that public considerations re
quired him to remain until the meeting o!
Congress. Tho President declares freely in
conversation that be will not permit Mr.
Stanton to attend thc Cabinet meetings regain.
Ho claims the right to remove him in spite
of the ienure of office law, concerning the
construction of which there is some dispute.
But ho r.ays he will suspend him from the
execution of official functions, which he can
ccrtainl' do. Tho tenure of office bill ap
plies, as some suppose, only to heads of de
partments, who were appointed by the Presi
dent, and Mr. Stanton was the appointee of
Lincoln. But thc law in its spirit applies to
any member of the President's Cabinet. It
is plain that Mr. Stanton intends to give the
law a construction which will enable him to
hold the olfice, and which will be sustained
by his Radical friends in Congress.
Nearly a year ago the President had deter
mined ti) dismiss Mr. Stanton, but he was dis
suaded from it by Mr. Weed, and Mr. Ray
mond, aod Mr. Seward. .
Mr. Seward is, no doubt, opposed to any
breach iu the Cabinet as uow composed. Gen.
Grant, i : is supposed, was favorable to the
retention of Mr. Stanton.
The ? resident has delayed the removal of
Gen. Sheridan in the expectation of being rid
of Stanton. He wishes to be relieved from
this encumbrance, before he encounters the
storm which the removal of Sheridan will
make. Besides, it may be an inconvenience
to give las orders through a Secretary of War
who ia unfriendly to that object.
The Radical politicians all advise Stanton
to hold cm and badger the President as much
as he can. They have probably advised
Sheridan to do the same thing, if the Presi
dent should attempt to relieve him. They
hold promises, no doubt delusive, of high pre
ferment md popular regard, as tho reward ol
his insubordination. LEO.
The fe llowing is the correct text of the cor
respondence which recently passed between
the President and the Secretary of War:
EXECUTIVE MANSION*, j
WASUVHC/ON, August 5, 1867. J
<Si'r ;-Public considerations of a high
character constrain me to say that, your resig
nation a? Secretary of War will be accepted.
Very respectfully,
ANDREW JOHNSON.
To Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of
War.
To which Secretary Stanton replied as fol
lows :
WAU DrTAimtENT, \
WASHINGTON, August 5, 18G7- j
Sir .---Your note of this day has been re
ceived, scating that public considerations of a
high character constrain you to say that m\
resignation as Secretary of War will be ac
cepted.
In reply, I have the honor to say that pan
lie consid?rations of a high cbiracter, which
alone have induced me to continue ai the
head of this Department, constrain me not to
resign the office of Secretary of War before
the next meeting of Congress.
\ cry respectful! v yours,
EDWIN M. STANTON.
To the President.
WASH NGTON, August 10.-It is stated that
the Cabinet have agreed that the Presidcni
can remove Stanton und^rthe first section,or
suspend him under the second section of lh<
Tenure of Olh> ; Bili.
The "New Crisis.*?
The following Card from Ex-Senalor Har
ris, of Maryland, was published very conspic
uously ir. the N. Y. Herald, of the 10th:
NEW YORK, August 8, 18(17.
To the Editor of thc Herald : I thank you
lor your manly announcement in this morn
ing's Herald, in ?hearticle beaded the "New
Crisis." Your views in that article are -cc
wholesome that I car.not leave the eily this
morning, beicg transiently here, without ex
pressing my gratitude. I assure you, sir, that
the present effort of party leaders to secure
political power by making the Southern States
negro States, is most alarming, and the peo
ple of th ; North must not allow its success,
if they vilue their own freedom and prosper
ity. If i he people stop to think they will
spurn si"ch an at tem ?rt with indignation.
Nothing but false issues can possibly allow
such a rt inous pnject to succeed. To cheal
the people, the advocates of this nefarious
scheme will keep before them the idea o'.
martyrdom, and all that sort of thing, but the
true issut shouid beever present to our minds,
aud martyrs rewarded at less expense than
the overthrow of our institutions. Now, sir,
I have done my humble part in the late war
for the Union. Two of my sous have fallen
under thc Union flag, and my part has been
in contribution, and not in the reception of a
penny's profit during the strife; but never
have I wshed anything buta restored Union.
For this, and this alone, I have sacrificed, and
not for the clevaiion of thc negro nor the
disfranchisement of thc people of the South
ern States. If the'people of the South are
not to be restored to the Union, then the old
copperhead cry that the Union could not be
restored by arras is verified. Tbe idea that
the Souta must, bo Africanized before'its
States aro allowed to return is an admission
that the war has been a wicked failure, and
has been waged for the destruction of the re
public, .?t is not a debatable question. We
did not send our sons to die for the erection
of negro States in Ihe South. I appeal to
the great masses in the North, who generous
ly poured out their blood in tho conflict, if
this was t bet.- object ? Mr. Editor, you have
hit a tenter chord in your remarks this morn
ing, and I know it will awaken the sleeping
sense of "he people on this crisis. I have
purchaser a plantation in Alabama, and con
template a removal there, and encouraging
others in :ho North to follow me; but, if that
State is tc- be a negro State, farewell to my
purchase. The reasons are obvious. The
fanatics n ay not 6C0 them, but men of com
mon sens-- can.
I thank you again, from my heart.
IKA E. HARRIS.
? ?
A 1 airs ill North Carolina.
WILMINGTON, August 8.-A Coroner's ju
ry waa enipannelled to-day, half white and
half black, which is thc firjf- practical cn
forcetneut of thejur)' order in this immediate
section*.
Genera' Sickles has issued an order post
poning, until further orders, the session of
the North Carolina Legislature, appointed
for thc 3d Monday in August.
Tho Sheriff and Tax Collector repon, un
exampled difficulty in the collection of State
and country taxes. Some parties will refuse
to pay the State taxes on the ground that the
State government has no practical existence,
and believing that thc Sheriff will net be al
lowed to distrain property for non-payment
of taxes.
A case ul conflict of authority between the
Federal Civil Courts and the military has
arisen in f te Second Military District. Or
der No. IQ, issued some weeks ago by Gene
ral Sickles commonly known as thc slay law,
providing 'or stay of executiou of judgments
and debts, has come in conflict with thc exe
cution of r judgment rendered by Chief Jus
lice Chase whilst presiding in thc United
Slates Circuit Co^it in North Carolina. It
appears tbut an execution was issued upon
this judgmant, directing the United States
Marshal to levy upon proper y of the defen
dant in Wilmington, N. C. The Marsha! pro
ceeded to that city, and was about to make a
levy, when he was. confronted by the Military
Commander thero stationed, who exhibited
Order No. 10, which ho claimed waa a bar
to further 'Kjcccclings by the Marshal. Tito
latter whhJreW and reported Ibo facts to the
Attorney-Ocneral lor instructions. Tho mat
ter was submitted to the Cabinet, by the As
sistant Attorney General, Mr. Hinckley. The
latter was on the 10th, instructed by the
President ,o comm mijota the facts to Gene
rai Sickles, and inquire whether his order
staying collection was intended to include
judgment! rendered by the Federal Courte.
?ST" A young lady of respectable family was
arrested by the police of Pittsburg, Pa., on Tharg
day, disguised aa a negrcsa, having blackened her
face and neck with oil and charcoal. It seems
that she was suspicious of another young lady
being on too intimate terms with her lover, and
she expected to surprise them in disguise.
p?f A subscriber of a country paper of long
atanding, who had never paid a dollar of bia aub
scription, told the collector not many moons ago,
when crilod upon for his little bill, that he had
no funda ; ho " only subscribed for the thing ia
order to encourage the undertaking."
?S3* An infant, six months old, child of Mr.
John Fravel, in Marion township, Centre county
Ohio, died on the 2nd of July, by hanging itself
by the draw-strings of ita night gown. The child
c*n rolled out of bed, the drawstring of ita gown
catching on a bed-pin, and causing ita strangula
tion.
IS?* Col. Miguel Lopez, tho traitor, after gell
ing Maximilian and bis generals, went to Pue
bla to visit his wife. . His reception was decided
ly cold. His wife advanced to meet him, leading
their little son by rho hand, and addressed him
thus: " Sir, herc is your aon ; wc cannot cat him
in two; take him. Toa are a base coward and
traitor. You have betrayed your country and
your benefactor. From thia hour wo ar.e stran
gers, for Tahal? this day retire to my family. Go."
??t^k motion in the New York Conititulional
Convention, now in session, looking to the resto
ration of gold aa an excluaivo legal tender, wai
referred to a committee.
?KTTho Philadelphia Pres? coolly saya it
would not desire to see such a man aa Brownlow
Governor of Pennsylvania, but that he ia good
enough for Tennessee.
?Sr There is no foundation in thc report that
Gov. Jenkins, of Georgia, had been removed by
thc Military.
..^SBT* A Fashionable party should be called a
" daughtercultural show."
CST It is said that thc caterpillar (or army
worm) has appeared among cotton on several of
the Sea Islands, between Savannah and Charles
ton.
?&" ?11 tho Powers of. Europe have recalled
their representatives from Mexico, not being wil
ling to recognize the existence of a so-called regi
cide Government. Mexico is under the han of
civilized nations.
jfcgrThe State Tax Collector for Sumter Dis
trict hns rc urned to the sheriff 2,900 executions,
including his own name and the ?heriff^'i among
the defaulters.
OBITUAEY.
We greatly regret to have to record the death
of that excellent lady Mrs. CHARLOTTE OUZTS,
consort of tho late DAVID OOZTS.
She died at her residence in this District, on
tbe 4th July last, aged about 70 years. Exem
plary in all her deportment, she was a model for
the whole community, sustaining evory rolation
of life admirably; and when the summons came
it did not find her unprepared; but abe left us
with ber lamp trimmed to take up her residence in
the " better land," where we hope ber dear chil
dren, neighbors and friends, will join her.
Her Church will mis3 her, as she was a dutiful
member of the Baptist organization for about 45
y oars. J. T.
AUGUSTA, Aug. 10.
COTTON.-The market was dull to day. We
quote Middling at 25i cent?. Tho sales to-day
araoun ted to 44 bales, as follows: 1 at 22, ll at
24J, 2" at 25. and 5 halos at 26 cents. Thc ro
. ocip'x were 20 bales. .
GOLD-Tho Brokers are buying at 110 and
selling at 142.
WHEAT-Whit?, per bushel, $1,S5@$2,00;
Red, $1,80.
CORN'-White, $1,55@$1.'G0 j Yellow, $1,50.
BACON-Shoulders. 15*@l*; Rib Sides, 17i
(3)13J : Clear Side?, 1SJ@lil.-Constitutionalist
CHARLESTON, Aug. 10.
Cotton haj declined lc-salos 125 bales; re
eoipts 150 bales.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.
Cotton a shade firmer-sales of 900 bales at
2Sic. Flour. $6,60@n.25 ; Wheat closed quiet ;
Corn 12c. lowcrand very heavy ; Provisions firm ;
Groceries quiet and unchanged.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 10.
Sales of 9000 sacks cf Coffee, on private terms-.
Cotton unchanged; Flour dull and in favor of
buyers ar a decline of 25(0)50 cfs. on all gradea ;
Wheat dull an.! declined 5 ct* ; Corn dull
white $1,12(51.13; yellow $1.13@1.17; Sugar
vcrv firm, importers' stock light; Provisions
stock of Bulk Meats and Bacou 3,500,000 lbs.,
m.nrkct quiet for birpo l?t.? anil Ftcndy for con
sumption, but price unchanged ; Whiskey dull.
CINCINNATI. Aug. 10.
Flour scarce and advanced 25 nts.-Superfine
$7,75@S,25; Corn dull and nominal ; Provisions
finner, rales 200 hogsheads ; ^Bacon-Shoulders,
12c, Clear Rib 15c, Clear Sides 15@15Jc; Mesa
Pork hold at $24.
Religious Notice.
The next meeting of tho Edgefield Association
will bo held with Bethel Church, commencing
Saturday beforo the 2d Sabbath in September.
L. R. GWALTNEY, MOD'R.
Aug 13 3t 33
School Notice.
THE Exercisea of Mrs. E. C. TEAGUE'S
SCHOOL will be resumed on Monday, the
19th inst.
Aug 12 lt 33
TAX NOTICE.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, U. S. I. R.
EnoEFiELD C. n., S. C., Aug. 13, 1867.
HAVING received the Annual List for 1865?
and the Special Tax List for 1S67, I hereby
give notice to Tax Payers that I will be ready
after Thursday, the 15th, to receivo their Taxes
until the 1st Septembor, after which time the pen- *
. nltics of the law will be enforced indiscriminate
,ly.
Notice is also given to those who have net paid
their Taxes on the April list, that if not paid im
mediately, I am ordered hy the Collector to col
lect the same by distraint and sale.
Mutilated or torn Billa trill not be received. I
must insist on all Taxes being paid in Logal
Tender Notes if possible, as I am responsible for
Counterfeit National Bills that I may receive.
Tax Payers arc requested to be punctual, and
to govern themselves according to the abovo no
tice, as I have no discretion.
SS?" OfHce hours from 9 A. M. until 4 o'clock
P. M.
R. W. CANNON,
Dep. Col. U. S. Int, Rcvonue,
5th, 6th and 7th Div., Edgefield Dist
Aug 18 2t 3.?
THE
Brinly Steel Plow!
IAM now receiving orders for the above justly
celebrated PLOW-r-to be used this Fall in tho
preparation of land for small grain. Persons
desirous of trying them will please hand in their
orders-accompanied with the C<t?h-by the first
of September, nt which time I will order as many
Plows as I have received Cash orders.
The Brinley Plows have been used in this vi
cinity nearly a year, and bav? been pronounced
by all who witnessed thfir effective work and
light draft, THE BEST PLOW NOW IN USE.
For the preparoliun of !ai:d for Wheat, Corn and
Cotton they have no equal.
Prices :
No. 1-One Horso Turning Plow, $8,0t>
Steel Cotton Scraper for abovo, 2,5ft.
" ? Sweep " " 3,50
No. 2-Two Horse Turning Plow 10,00?
Freight Extra.
_^SrCall and sec a specimen.
K. H. ?tflMS, Agent.
Aug 13 2t 33
Make Your Own Soap.
Wfi have- just rccciwd a large supply of
CONCENTRATED LYE and POTASH
"ur Soap making.
TEAGUE A CARWILE.
linder M?sonio Hall.
Au;; 13 If .33
$5,C>Q Reward,..
LOST, on tho 13th inst,, on the Martin Town
Road, supposed between Hamburg and Jiill
Ureek, tho BARREL of a Double Barro! Shot
Gun, in whieh two n?w Tubes had been inserted.
[ will give tho above reward for it uninjured.
Addresa, Kirksoy*sX HOT. 1?, Edgefield District,
S.C. E. H. LA CROON.
July 31 St 31