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Ptf?LISUED KVEitYWEDNESDAY U?KXIKG S Y DUEISOE, EEESE & CO. TER .tis Of SUBSCRIPTION. INVARIABLY IX ADVANCE. Tho ADVERTISER is published regularly evory WKDNKSD.VY MoitNi.Ki, at THREE DOL LARS fer annum; ONE DOLLAR Hud FIFTY CENTS, for Six Mouth,,- SE VKXTY-FIVE CEXTS for Taree Month.',-alway in atlrnnce. CSF AU u.u?ors discontinued .?.I tho expiration of tue timi lui which they have been paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. . PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Advertwer2?n>* will ha inserted at th? rate of OXK DOLLAR and FIFTY CF.XT? pet Square (10 Mi'iiou lines ?-r lo?s.) fe r the Brat insertion, and ONE DOLLAR for each subsequent insertion. :'S-iJ~ A liberal ?iseount will bc ni ade to then wishing to advertise by th-j year. Auuuu:>ciog Candi lutes $j,?/'U, in advance. Senator Sherman's Views un Recon struction. Senator Sherman, of OL:io, spoke at Can tun. Ohio, on Tuesday last. We make the following extracts lr_.in his speech on ques tions of national import : At the hist session of Congteis I took n> part in new prop "sitions for reconstruction un til near the eio.se of the session. Even now. it' the Sou'hj with thc spirit that actuates General Lo:jgst'..'-t and others, would adopt the amendment, and elect loyal Senators and mcnibt-rs under ic, their admission to repre sentation would be easy. 1 know what I N: V to yon is true whoa I declare that a majority of tho Republican Senator* and members would have admitted any rebsl Sute apon it? adopting the amendment and complying with its terms, li n darin? the session it was sahl by many S mtbern men that thu Southern puop'c would gi oily accept the amendmeut, but thc machinery of Johnson's loyal Icgis'a tures was in disloyal bands. They said they bad no promise from Con gress, in so many words, that if th*y accepted the amendment they would - be admitted. It was to meet their difficulties, and >etie defi nitely the stuns of the rebel State govern ments and of the colored people that lb?. ltd construction Act of ihe last regular session was psssed. Yon will remember, fellow-citizens, thal this Act includes all that was passed ( n re construction at that se-aioii. A great manj thing') were proposed. Some members w-r. in favor of limited confiscation cf land; su:m in. favor of tuiiitary governments; som; in fivor of treating the amendment as already adopted by tiiree-iourihs of the loyal States; but neither of these measures met the assent of Congress. As to CO: fiscation, it wotid he a proper and just measure of ; unishtner.t in sein: cases to tuke the ?and i f lending rebels, but a general system of confiscation as H mode ot punishment is so unusual a mctsure in our country, and its evil effects on thc hi noceal as well as the guilty have been so last . lng and disastrous in Ireland and France,that 1 should hesitate Io;:g befjiv I agree to it. Military governments ou^ht to be only temporary scallbldiLg for civil governments. They are so regarded, and their continuance should not ba an hour longer than to enforce that object. THE PU oe RESS OK THE NEW MOVEMENT AT WASHINGTON-TIIERKMOVAEOF SHERIDAN - Tho removal of General Sheridan from thc Fifth Military District and his tran.?!er to Missouii will, no doubt, be received with a great outcry by the Radical pnrtionof the Republican party pres?. But in this last movement, as in the first grand coup by which Stanton was deposed from thc War Department. Presideut John son, with a great deal of rurewdness and sa gacity, has effectually headed off all attempts to create a popular excitement over his acts, or to confer upon Sheridan thc valuable crown of a martyr. In appointing General Thomas to the command in Louisiana, as in assigning Grant to tlc duties of thc Wttr Department, the President satisfies thc c.un try that his object is rather to give harmony and efficiency to the work of Reconstruction than to embarrass its prugie^NS. The w li kilowa sentiments of tho new commander, his recognized fidelity to tho reconstruction policy approved by the loyal States, his val uable militar}' services and his admitted civil qualifications, will induce the people to ac quiesce as readily in the removal of Sheridan as they did in the deposition i f Stanton.-N. Y. Herald. NORTH AND SOUTH-THE DIFFERENCE! As a part of thc history of these unjust, une qual, hypocritical and execrable times, we copy prominently the following paragraph from the New York Timen, a leading Repub lican newspaper : Oa the night train from Buffalo, thc other day, we saw a very well dressed and respecta ble looking 'American citiz.-n of African de scent,' apply for a berth ou the sleeping-car. ile was very promptly refused the privilege, and had either to stay behind or sit up ali night. While he was arguing his case, a white passeuger whom he knew as un old-time anti-slavery advocate, stepped up to thc agent and uaid that, at all events, in no case mus: that negro obtain a berth adjacent to his. Now, wc do not propose at this time to enter into any argument about the prejudice of col or, or autftgouism of race, or instiuct of Cau casiani.sm, or whatever it may be. We mere ly wish to remark, that if the incident had occurred in South Carolina, the railroad agent would have been compelled to pay a fine of at least .$200. Forthat was thc stinging fine which General Sickles, on the 17th of this month, imposed upon the captain of the .steamer Pilot BJV, because, on account of caste, he refused a cabin passage to Miss Francis Rollins, a 'respectable female of color/ " A LIVERY STABLE ron ORNAMENTAL OFFI CIALS.-The Washington Express says :i- Some time ago an offic'ir of the Governmant re ported to the Secretary of War that a eertam stable in this city, which ?a now co1 ting the Government three thousand dollars a month, ought to be abolished. That report has br.-en 'pigeon holed,' and no action was had upoti it, the fact I cing that civil officers of the Gov ernment hav" their burge* fed and kept in that saree stable at thc expenso of the Gov ernment-a thing to which they are no more entitled than they are to have theil clothes wa?bed-at a Government laundry." BREAD.-Flour keeps letting down, dollar by foliar, and there is a prospect of its com ing within the reach of those who earn the lowest wages. There is no danger of our hearing of t wenty dollars or more for a single bartel of Hour, during the coming -winter at ary rate. Every body knows thc>e are square and actual facts, and more honest flour might be pot into a loaf for the same money than bas found its way there ar y time for these four years ptst. A correspondent wishes to know: "What papers bakers read, if any, that they have not heard of the great reduc tion in prices ? Their loavus are as meagre aj they have been at their smallest." Tunic* AKE WOAKINC-The New York Trib ine, of Monday, has an article on thc do ings at Washington. Wc extract: We need only add, that no ono has ever [ yet call-d Hancock, Canby and Gordon i (?ran?er radicals ; and no one pretends that I Sheridan, Sickles and Pope have otferded otherwise than in fivi;:g an active, hearty 8 -ippo't to the reconstruction policy of Con gress. Wh it, then, do theseacj/i portend ? Wc can understand them no otherwise than as the opening of a new and desperate ?trug gie to arrest the reconstruction policy dfacreed by Congress, and, if possible, defeat and sub vert it. "To this end, we infer that it is deemed c^eeasary to hurl from office every radical whom tho President or bis Cabinet can reach, i but especially those wielding military power 1 over thc South. We judge that this final I struggle i* to be far more bitter, more violent, < jnare proscriptive, than that of i860. t _? ? -^-We learn that the Albany (Qa.) New? wai I suspended by order of Gen. Tope, on the 17th. j Vie hat? net Iearced lb? rtawa ior this ooaree, 1 I p?o? than tb? pa?rjj ?barf? rf dWf/aHj, J 9 Speaking of" negro supremacy," the Tri'j inc, Horace Greeley's paper, says : "There ire 122,0(10,000 of people in the South, where ;f at least S.OOO.OOO !ire whites. There is luiple room tht-re for 50,000.000 more, and :rowds are Hocking in-all of them whites. Europe is sending us a full thousand per day, iud the South proffers them cheap laud, a jenial clime, and employment for every son jl industrial capacity. Now, that a good bar rest has delivered the South from famine, aud 1er reconstruction is in rapid progress, there ia no region on earth that should attract so nany immigrants. Twenty yeats heuce she will Lave 25 OOO.O?O to 30,000.000 of peopV, whereof the blacks will probab.'y number 3.000,000 or ti,000;000. Unless ail the laws which have hitherto governed the increase of population are subverted, the whites of the South must increase faster ihan the Wacks by at least four to one. Not that the blacks will ?ail to increase also, but they are nowise re cruited by immigration, and cannot bc. Af rica sends forth no voluntary emigrants ; the slave ct ade is on its last legs, and no negroes arc corning to this country from any quarter. How, then, is it possible that the 4:000,000 of blacks iu this country should overbear the S.000,030 of whites in the South, with the minions on the poiu! o.'flocking thither'?" AT A DISCOUNT_Tho New York Tribune denounces Wendell Phillips for b firing the blacks with the hope of impossible dtsliuc tions-"' It say? : Tho blacks have been made citizens before ibev are fit for the responsibilities of electors. lt i's the very deviltry of demagogcism to flat ter them with the coimera that they are fit to take part in governing others." Tue Tribune has helped bring about ?bis " deviltry of dtmagoguism," and cotupiains too late. The nciiro.a will be electors, lit or not lit. The Radical party has made its bed and must lie on it.-Constitutionalist. A COLORED RICHMOND" IN TUE FIELD. The Macon Telegraph of the 25th says : " It will oe been from his card that Mr. EMick Mubaly, of Crawford county, a colored citizen, presents himself to the voters of this Congies siona! District as a candidate for Congress. Mr. Mahfily g?\es his history and plaliorm. aud if Georgia should be reconstructed under the Military Dills, he wil!, doubtless, prove a:: acceptable Representative of a majority of Lcr people iu tire Congress of tho United Slates. A LoiiNoirs IDEA.-One of the correspon dents of thc Cincinnati Commercial is filled with an original idea so brilliant that the elitor nukes haste to make room for the com munication in whic. be embodies bis discov ery, as follows: ODIN, (ILLINOIS.) August 14, 1SG7. To the Editors of thc Commercial :-Here with 1 enclose you a plan whereby Edwin M. Stanton may become Picsiduut of the Cuiied States. Such a bit of poetic justice would thriil the heart of every loyal mau throughout the laud. Let Cameron resign ; Itt the Governor of Peiiusylvauia appoint Stanton to fill the vacancy. Wade can re sign his position in thc Senate. Elect Stan ton proiding officer. The'Hom-e mn pre sent impeachment papers against Johnson. Let the Senate oust him-Stanton becomes President. Cameron can be re-appointed, ar.d Wade re?electod as presiding officer of the Senate. Justice is satisfied-the nation triumphani !" THE BAY OF SAMANA PCRCHASED BY THE UNITED STATES.- Singularly enough, the firs news dispatch transmitted by the Cuban ca ble, is the most important intclligerice we have received from the West Indies for years past. It i* kn~wn that negotiations'have for some time ben going on between our Gov ernment and thc Government of St. Domingo, with a vie* to our acquiring, for the purpose of a naval station, the large and beautiful Bay of Samana. At a cost of ?5,000.000, the Bay, with five miles of land on the circumja cent shore, is at last to become the pioperly of the United Stales. The Bay is foity-three miles ia length from East to West, about eight miles broad, and forms one of the fines; harbors in the world. Samana is said to possess, in the greatest abundance, the choi cest limber for ship building, and there arr also, on thi North shore, excel lent natural facilities for repairing vc-scls. The acquw tioa, as a commercial and naval one, is very valuable, and, politically, it gives us a con trolling position in the Antilles and the Gull of Mexico. NEGI-.O JURORS.-The North Carolina pa pers say that the experiment of making ju rors of negroes has not proved a success. The Newbern Journal of Commerce gives tho fol lowing verdict found by a negro jury : u We, dc undersigned, being a koronar'* juray to set on de body of de nipgur Sambo, uow ded an' gone afore us, had been setlin' ou de said nirgur aforesaid, and he did on de night oi de fusteenih cf July come to def by fdlltn' off a boat, what waa lyin' in de lui?, iuto de said inlet whar we fini ha was sub sapient ly drowned, aud afterwards washed on de rocks whar we 'spose he was froze to def." That regro must have had as many lives as John Minor BU'.s says the Democratic party has. -? ? MONEY ORDER POSTOFFICES -Arrangements are now perfected for the efficient extension of this important system, which ensures the transmission of money by mail without loss. There are now throughout the country 832 offices. On Monday, the 9th day of Septem ber next, there will be added :-'.02 offices, making the whole number 1.224. The new offices iu South Carolina are to ho at Ander son Court House, Chester Court House and Columbia. It must be borne in mind that the money order business of all these offices will not commence until Monday, the Oih of September. Orders :.ot exceeding $20, ten cents; over $20, and not exceeding $50, twenty-five cents; no single order issued for more than .$50. Parties desiring to remit larger sums must obtain additional money orders. A Pinn Proposed tor the Settlement of the Neuro Question. A convention of the "Union party" cf Or ange county; Indiana, washeld the other day, at which some very significant resolutions were adopted. Two of them are ns follows : Resolved, That while we rejoice at thc downfall of slavery and the establishment of universal liberty throughout the Republic, we do not believe it possible or desirable to establish social or polibjil equality between the black and thc white races. As citizens of a loyal State in the Union, we claim the right to establish such laws in regard to suf rago as to-us abai! seem best calculated to secure tho harmony and prosperity of our people. Resolved, That all attempts to establish ei ther social or political cqualitv by legislation I tends to disturb the peace of society and cor rupt the ballot box. Therefore we are for the separation of the two races by colonizing tho negroes of the United States in ?orne lo cality congenial to their well being, as the means of a final settlement of this vexed question in American politics. SCALPED.-Thc New York Sun thinks Sheridan's banishment lo the Indian territory a kind of Executive scalping. It says in il lustration : " When General Pope made bis memorable fiasco in the Shenandoah Valley, he was relieved and sent up to Northern Min nesota to fight the Indians. When McDowell proved a failure he was sent out to the Pacific coast on a somewhat similar errand. If Pope and Sickles want to avoid a similar fate, it will be well for them to ease up on tbe recon struction law without delay. Popo particu larly ought to be more mindful of the impend ing doom, for he has experience in that line." A GOOD NOTICE.-.-The Atlanta intelligen ter-which paper, by tho wa}*, is at last brist ling against old Hind quarters-suggests the following as a suitable notice, to be stuck up jutside the various official cribs throughout ho South : " Wanted, for office-holders, some men who lave no character to lose, and who are wili ng to do any dirtv work for a consideration, .iouire within, N. B,-No bouest mao reed i ito? THE ADVERTISER. JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4, I8G1 Our Club Rates. .We aro. now furnishing tho ABVKRTISER to Clubs at thc.following very low rates: Two Copies one Year, . $5.50. Five Copies one Year, ' * 12 50. Ten Copies ono Year, 22.50. Twonty Copies ono Year, 40.00. No Clubs received for a less period than ono year,-and in ull cases the Cash will be required in advance. The names of the entire Club must be sont at ono time. ?3LS* Rev. J. W. BARR will preach next Sun diy (tho 7th) at ll o'clock at the Methodist Church in this Village. Cotton Picking Let and Hindered. Tho last day of August and the first day of September wero bright ind sunny, giving promise of warm and s'iintng weather. Cotton opened rapidly, and .: -king oogau briskly here and there. But to-day ? . was the caso yesterday) it is agaiu damp, cloudy and showery. Our Community A Gainer. With particular pleasure we poiut tho attontion of our readers to the Card of Messrs BUTLER & YOLMAXS. LHROT F. You MANS, Esq., the able, accompli>he.land popular Solicitor of the Southern Circuit, has, together with his amiable family, become a re? id cut of our town. Wc foel assured that all who know Mr. Y. will unite with us most cordially in welcoming him and his to our midst. As will be seen by thc card ubove referred to, Mr. Y. becomes co-partner with Gen. M. C. BUTLER la the practice of Law. J. Sibley & Son?. The public will please refer to tho advertise ment of these eminent Warehouse and Commis sion Merchants of Augusta, Ga. They are always active, always cautious, always reli-ible. They are too well known and appreciated for us to say one word mere. Gen. Hampton Gives His Views and Advice. Thi.i sterling patriot-so far above mistrust or suspicion-h?i> written and published a letter giving his views nnd his advice as regards our present polit'cal situation and our future political lion. This letter wc will lay before our read er* next week. The grand sum-to'.al of it, is .. Register, but vote against a Convention." We Must Wait for Light on the Subject. We have been unable to ascertain the number of voters registered in Edgefteid District thu? lar. Not even have wo been able to learn tho number registered here in our own town. Upon making an effort to fain this information wa ?er? courte ously, told by the Chairman of the Board that he h id orders from superior authority to give no re ports of registration. Wo surmise however, es pecially ai regards our own precinct, that ihre? negroes have registered to one white man. Wo will not say that this evinces gross noglcct of duty on the part of our eithwns; on th? contrary, we take it for granted they are waiting until the en thusiastic negroes shall have loft the coast some what clearer-and iess fragrant. Tho Boards of Registrars aro rcquirod to spend two more days days at each election precinct, for thc purpose of revising tho lists, and of giving all aa opportunity to rog:?t?r who baro failed to do 60 ; and we earnestly advise our citizens, when they shall have found out the limo? and planes of this hst opportunity, to como forward promptly and qualify themselves as voters. Remember if the books close finally without your name upon the same, you are virtually disfranchised ; equal ly as much so as if specified ia tho Military Bills. P. S.-Sinco writing the above, through the kindness of Mr. J. II. MCKK.NSA, Cbairmv) of the Board of Registration for the 9th R?giment, we have received tho following report. It give* the result, not in thc whole Regiment, but at five preeiccts enly ; Colliers, Red Hill, White nous':, Liberty Hill and Sbattcrfield : REGISTRAR'S Ornes. 1 Chcatham's Store, Sept. 2d, le'67. j Jfr. Editor : Tho number o.f names Registered to date ic tba Vth Regiment are White. 325 Celorod . 875 1,200 Arc These Things Being Doue? In General Orders, No. 65, containing Regula tions for Registration, we find the following re quirements. Are they being compliod with by our Boards of Registration ? XV UL Tho registration, conducted as provided iu Paragraph XVII, shall be made in triplicate lists, t ico of ich ick ?hull, ofter the conclusion of| the first session, Le exposed for public inspection nt convenient places, for fir* days; and tho third shall be retained in possession of the Board till after the completion of registration at tho meet ing provided for in paragraph XX, when the three having been compared and vrified, shall ho certified in tho form prescribed and printed at the end of tho blank registration list. XII. On tho day and at the hour designated in tho notice, for commencing registration, the Board shall, at tho place ttnnounced, convene and enter upon its duties, and ihtdl then and there also post notices of the time of final sessions provided for iu paragraph AVA'. We Hear This. That at tho Ridge (Elijah Wu'.son'i Esq.,) ihc number registered v.is 25S, of whom only 30 odd were white men. fj5JTIt is said that Oon. Popo has ordered the Registers of tho various districts to give no fur ther information to thc press, p.nd not allow ab stracts to bo made from their books. The whole thing, then, is to bo conducted in thc dtrk. Hon est purposes need never foar the light. Gunno, Guano, Guano. WILCOX, GIBBS & Co., No. 24, Eroal Street Au gusta, Ga. To the advertisement of this excellent firm in Augusta, wo call especial attention. They are said by their business friends-and thoy hare many, as well her?abouti as in Augusta-to ho obliging, honest and roliablc; good merchants and clover gent'omen. They offer everything in tboir line of business at reasonable rates and on terms favorable to our farmers and plrnters. We com mend them cordially to our people. Removal ol' the Well-Kuown Hamburg Drug Store? Mr. A. J. PELLZTIKR-our fellow-citizen of Hamburg, who bas so long maintained un envia ble reputation as a Druggist and Apothecary of tho greatest skill and experience, and al*o a gen tleman of the strictest integrity-gires notico in our advertising columns of the removal of his headquarter-?. V/e tpg his troops of friend? throughout Edgefield Biitrict to note this faot. Laugh and Grow Fat. The American people, especially those of the South, reed n great dehl more relaxation and fun than they now enj-y. Seriousness and earncrt ncss are good things, but the American people aro too exclusively serious and earnost. Man needs to mix fun and merriment with his CRrneitncss just ai a horso naeds fodder or hay mixed with his corn. Exclusive earnestness becomes morbid' vitiates all tho virtuos, and dcvelopes the worst elements of human naluro. Mon would lire longer, would developo better physically, would look handsomer, would bo happier, would be less selr fish, and bu moro virtuous and do more good, if thoy had moro of fun and mirth. Dauco and laugh then whenever you have a chanco. And bc sure never to go to Augusta without p itroniiiug Quix.t, who holds-forth under thc Constitutional isl Office. Nothing upon earth ca:i more ably conduce to elegant relaxation and innocent mirth thin QUINN'S light publications-Novels, Maga zincs, Fashion Books, and-abovo al!-Comic Papers, Chronlale <f; Sentinel asserts, on th? authority of ono of tho members of tho Board of Registration, that private instructions bavo been I issued to the effect that no freedmen will bo per- j ( nutted to tafeo seaits in thc Sfprpaebjpg Stats J t Coarttik*, Sort thai? ll Laurels for the Minstrels. Tho Magical and Drainatio entertainment tho Amateur .Min; ; reis, announced in our last I issues, took place on Thursday evening Inet in M.is',nie Ila!! ; and in all its appointments t performances was a signally succesgfull and w conducted hiTx'ir. Singular excelltuce of lu ind correctness of judgment wero tao?t strikia displayed iu both the conception and cxeeut af Ibo plan of tho entertainment. The rar ond inviting programme rcas enjoyed to tho J by ns large, as full, and as appreciative- an au euee ?3 we have -ver seen in Edgeficld. The ? part of the evening was devoted to vocal i instrumental performances that wera of & qual to which audiences outside of largo cities hi ?el dom the opportunity und ploisurc of lutcnii and that are e.\ce led only by companies of p sons of natural musical talent, developed b life devoted to its cultivation. Tho after pari the entertainment consisted of Play Burloo and Extravaganzas, rondcred with tho truest 1 morous spirit, and altoge ' ? :u the most admi ble manner. Wo do not denre to indicate the special exe lenee of particular performers, and where merit was so uniform, could not dc so If we wui Suffice it to say that after the brilliant success tho performance iu question, our Minstrels ni never fear they will not draw a crowded house The proceeds of the entertainment hare airca' if wo mistake not, been donated to the charita purposes previously inentionod. --.- -? * ? ' Gen. Grant and the President. In another column will be found the late c respondence between Gon. G ii ANT and Presid? JOHNSON; a correspondence which has crea great furprise to all American people, except thi Radical leaders whose efforts have ioductd G GRANT thus to stultify himself. That this fool and unaccountable inconsistency of the Secrete of War ci interim has been caused by the blat lahmer.ts and promises of the Radical part>, th< eau be but little doubt. Gen. GRANT has tri tbs hocus-pocus feat of riding two horses-t Radical und tho Conservative-.it the sumo tim and so fxr has made a failure. To have tl flown in the face of the Executive, whtn he w fully acquainted with the latter's views bofore accepted a place iu his cabinet, waa decidedly poor piece of business. And beides this, w does not remember all (len. GUAM'S deolarttiu for peuce, his openly announced desire* for t re-union of tho whole country on the basis of t Constitution, and his avowed conhdenre in t fidelity and integrity of the peoplo of the Soutl In this correspondence, the President lies' g the advantage of Gen. GRANT in every respt' Tho President rebukes and confutes him in mmner which is only rendered more admiral by its perfect courtesy. Mr. JOHNSON'S preso course is well calculated to change the opinio of m**.y who, in the past, havo condemned hi f?r ?rr j.-olution and want of nerve. Rut, as will bo seen by latent telegraphic de patches, the good sense of Gen. GRANT has pr vented an open and permanent rupture betwei himself and the President. He has yielded thu President'? commands, and issued tho neoess ry orders for dethroning two of tho high-hand< Yankee* who havo so tyrannically and ungune oudy lorded it over the South-Sheridan BI Sickles. Sheridan is to be euper/edod in tl Fifth Military District by Major Gen. Haneoei Sickles in the Second Military District, by Iinji Gen. danby. As to Gan. Grant, it had been woll for him hi ho obeyed ihe President'* order? without delay i htsit'iifon. Asa candidate ?or the Pres?dete Conservatives and Democrat/! will now regal him os illaro than over unreliable, while the Rad cal? will IL all probability cast him avide at out and forever. The new Commander of the Depart nie tu of thc Carolinas. Our people nre naturally solicitous to lear somtthing with regard to the antecedents of til officer, (rays tho Charleston Courier,} whom tl President has honored with thc high and respor siido trusts lo roi ved in the command of the Set ont! Military District. WP are glad to announce that although let known lu thc people of thi* portion of the Soutl than other (Jencrais of the United Stales arm of equal rank, his record is roch as to justify th belief, that his administration hero, will be alik creditable to himself und useful to tho country. General E. R. S. CANBV js a Southerner b birth. Ile is a native of the State of Keatuck] although ho received his appointment to Wer Point from Indiaua. He graduated at the Mili ttiry Aeadotny in 1S39, and wai assignod to th infantry branch of the serviee as Second Lieu tenant. Ho was in tho Mexican war, and per funned his duty, if not with great distinction a least with credit. Ile nerved as a Major of Infantry, und?r tb command of Joe Johnston, in the expedition t Utah. lu 1 SGI he was fent to New Moxico, wher the Indians had proved threatening and hostil? and by the ability with which he conductud th campaign won for himself a reputation for d?c? ded military talent. Perhaps his most noticeable participation i the active struggle of the late war was his de fence of New Mexico in the campaign of l"8f> against the Confederate forces under General I II. SIBLKV. General Canby was shortly after, on account o thu confidence felt in bis administrative ability orderod to Washington, and assigned to duty a Assistant Secretary of War. At one period he commanded the Departinen of Louisiana. He is, therefore, an old army officer He ie not,*so far as is known, a .mlid/>to for th Presidency. JI* i* not, it 1? .derstood, cither politician or neuu. . .ae interests of any mer pirty organization. Ho has no other option than to enforce the Re construction Acts. It is believod, however, tba ho will administer these in a spirit of justice am liberality, without pmjudice or passion, and witl a desire only for the general welf*ro, and for i harmonious restoration. Thc Cabinet. The National Intelligencer, supposed to be it the confidence of the President, in its issue o Friday, had * significant article, from which wt extract the following paragraphs! " Unfortunately for tho President, he retained the Cabinet which had the confidence of his pre decessor. Ile may hare thought that the reten tion of mon who had stood by Mr. Lincoln in the prosecution of our great struggle ought to have been a sufficient guarantee to the peoplo that bt was not as fulse as was represented. IN may havo boen satisfied, from the personal character and abilities of tluse gentlemen, that thc affairs of their respective dopxrtmeuls would bo well managed, or bc may hara had such a streng con fidence in the ultimate triumph of the trulh and in the final judgment of tho people, that he felt ho could afford t;> wait. It wa* a mistake. Some of these gentlemen played into the hands of tho men who were combined for his political destruc tion. Some of thim had grace to withdraw. Others used their authority and patronage to cur ry-favor with his foes. "We apprehend that the President, following tho example of his predecessor and his own life, long usage, has trusted that the people would in time potnu round right ; and they would put their foot on the efforts made lo convert our Govern ment from ''lie of constitutional obligation into a centralized, consolidated, representative demo cracy, lint wo think that tho experience of the past few months ought ta touch bim the impor. tance of two things-prompt, decided action and a united Cabinet." Married, on tho SOth ult., David Hatcher to Mary f?KHlltfan(lt,-\)0\\t parties colored. We know David well, and at his parllouiar re quest, make tho above announcement. He do serves congratulations not only for this, but for cari.iia other good deeds of his lifo. ?Zf?- Zion's Herald, a Northern publication, ad verliscH Ino colored preachers, "of superior parts," who want ?lute congregations. It says : N'iw, brethren, let us practico ns we preach." jJH?r-Rcports from tho soa islands, below Char leston, grow more unfavorable daily. Tho cater pillar is creating sad hovoc. , E5P" An Irish paper, reporting the lqss. pf a \ ito&mcr, says : the captain swam ashore, so did he s to ir ar de ss. She RAI insured for ?5,000 and ( paded with pipt* j from Washington.. WASHINGTON, Aug. .28. Grunt had a prolonged interview with the President this ni rniug. During thc interview today between thc President and Giant, malters were adjusted, md Grant's letter of yesterday was with irawn; subsequent iv, the order relieving Sickles a id Sheridan was promulgated. WASUINGTON, August. 31,'noon.-Special ?rder 429 from General Grant's headquarters is as follows: Commanders ol the Military' Districts, created under thc Act of Mivrch 2d, 18G7, will make no appointments to civii nfiicc of persons who have been removed by them selves or their predecessors in command. WASHINGTON, August 31, p. m.-Thc At torney General's report ou which tho Presi dent removed Sickles, will be published Mon day. It appears Sickles held that he was not amenable to grand juries of tboUnited States, Marshals or United Sitte? District Attorneys while iu command of a Sanitary District, cre ated by an act of Congress, and in which the powers of Military Commanders are defined. From Alabama. MONTGOMERY, August 31, p. m.-General Pope has issued an order for an election on the 1st o? October on the question ot a Con vention and Delegates to the same. There are forty election districts in Alabama. Mo bile, Montgomery and Dallas bnve five Dele gales each. Registration returns have been received in full from all thc counties in Alabama; total, 100,1)90; whites, 72,747; blacks, 88,248. On ly ten candidates are announced in thc State so far-one colored. Sixty-six bales of new cotton have beeu received in Montgomery up to date. The cort, is safe and the crop is large. Cot ton has been greatly damaged in thc last few weeks for lack of rain and by the worm. ? ? ? Riotous Conduct of Freedmen in St. Tbomas aud Christ Church Parishes. Wednesday last, registration, by previous announcement, was commenced in the Parish of S:. Thomas, at the Brick Church, under the superintendence of Messrs. L. P. Smith, (a Northern gentleman lately located here,) Jeremiah Yates and Aaron Logan, a freed man, the Board of Registration. About a thousand colored men were present, one-fifth ol whom were armed with guns or muskets, and when the books were opened, Mr. Smith, the Chair mau of the Board, made a brief ad droiis, explanatory of the Reconstruction Acts and the duties of the freedmen as good citi zens in exercising their rights under them and preserving tho peace. This was reteived with considerable and merited satisfaction, when some of the crowd requested his opin ion ns to the rights of the planters with whom they had contracted for labor, to de duct from their wages for thc time during which they were absent from work for thc purpose of bei: g registered. Mr. Smith tua ie thc proper response, but was interrupted by Lis colleague, the colored man Aaron Lo gan, who proceeded to harangue the crowd, and in inflammatory language to declaim against the right of white men to prevent the carrying of arms by freedmen. He said, also, that the planters should not interfere with the colored peoplo iu registering, nor deduct from their wages, .Mid that there was nothiug in the law, r.or in General Sickles' orders to prevent them from exercising their rights to the fullest extent. That now was the time when the freedmen should show that they possessed rights which they meant to main tain, and ihat when an election took place they ought to vote for white Radicals if they could be found, or else to till the offices by nen of their omi color. That the native whites of the Stale were not to be trusted, and if permitted, would enact lawn operating against the black man, and, therefore, black men should be elected to make laws for them selves. He continued in this strain, and in language calculated to excite the passions of the crowd, until Mr. Smith, who had vainly ?nderv/ored lo persuade him to desist, exercised his au thority as Chairman of thc Board, and ad journed its session. It was hoped that this would have prevented the difficulties which were imminent, but such did not prove to be the case. The Board adjourned tn meet at the Mount Pleasant Poll, in Christ Church Parish, on Monday. When the books were opened on that dav, about three hundred freedmen w>-re on thc ground, a considerable proportion of whom were supplied with muskets, guns, and blud geons. Mr. Smith again made a brief address, similar to the one delivered at tho poll in St. Thomas, and was again interrupted by Logan, who was, if possible, more violent in his lan guage, and seemingly more dispos, d to engen der atrife. lie was, as OD the former occa sion, requested to desist, but declined so to do ; and Mr. Smith, to avoid trouble, closed the poll, came to thc city, and reporte ! the facts to General Clitz, tho Commandant of this Post. On the saina host cr^me Logan, who also waited on the General to present a statement of the case. When General Clitz had been apprised of all the circumstance*, he promptly ordered the arrest of Logan and his' incarceration in Castle Piuckney, ou a charge of impediug Registration. Yesterday Mr. Smith returned to Mount Pleasant, accompanied by Major O'Brien, the Provost Marshal, we believe, of thia post, who went to ensure the preservation of order. Thc; poll was re-opened aud the freedmen in vited to come forward and register, but they declined to do so unless there was a black man sitting on the Board, and demanded the release of Logan. Seeing that a number of them were nrmed as on the day before, Msjor O'Brif.n explained to them that they were violating the express orders of General Sick les, and commanded them to surrender their weapons. They paid no attention whatever 1> his orderd, aud aa he was not supported by n force sufficient to ensure obedience, ho re tired, unwilling to provoke a disturbance which he was not in a position to quell, and returning to the city, reported the condilion of affairs to General Clitz. The freedmen afterwards dispersed, but not without threats that they would burn the village if they were not permitted to exercise such rights as Logan bad declared they were entitled to enjoy. Wc understand that General Clilz will go to Mount Pleasant thia morning, with a sufficient force to suppress auf disorderly conduct whieh may occ r ?inongst the freedmen, who doubtless will again assemble, and to arrest all who appear armed on the scene. It is de voutly to bo hoped that no difficulty will oc cur.- Charleston Courier, 2?7ft ult. Conservative Meeting nt Columbus. COLUMBUS, August 31, p. m-A large Con servative meeting took placo, herc to-day, which was attended by a large number of whites aud blacks. The meeting was address ed by Joseph Williams and Benjamin Ilolraes (both colored) of Tennessee. Great enthusi asm wa? manifested. Resolutions were pass ed demanding the enfranchisement of all whiles and declaring the right of negroes to hold office. Good order prevailed, but dur ing tho spoech of the Hon. A. R. Lamar an interruption was caused by a. soldier of the garrison who was promptly arrested and placed in the Guard House. A demonstration was made by Radical negroes last night to mob Joe Williams and Holmes. Yellow Fever nt New Orlcaus. NEW ORLEANS, August 31, p. m_Twenty fivo interments from yellow fever yesterday. Total for the week one hundred and twenty six. NEW ORLEANS, August 31, p. m.-At Gal veston two hundred and forty one deaths from fever for thc week, and one hundred deaths at Corpus Christi up to the IO ? li inst. Oner half of thc citizens are sick or dead and much distress prevails. Ilclpi.i needed and donation? for the Corpus Chriiti sufferers can be for warded through Messrs/ Spofford, Tilcston & Co., New York. ty At Wilmington the removal of Genoral Sick'losin generally donounced by tho Republicans. SoutUoruers take littlo or no interest in tho mat ter. _^-Ex-Provi?lonal Oorernor W. W. Holden is 3rand President of the Union Leagun in North Jirofina. ^SsT*Tbe Frenoh and British Ministers left the !ity of Mexico on the 3th, for Vera Cres, nader J proper amt, frith all aHacTw, Gen. Pope on the Debt Question. HD'QR?, THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT, (GEOKKU, At A BAM A AND FLORIDA ), ATLANTA, GA., August 20,13G7. DEAR SIR:- I have the honor to acknowl edge the receipt of your letter of the 20th inotant, informing me that " th ru is a popu lar belief in this part of Georgia, that you will U?O yuur powers, as Cotnmaudcr of this District, to give to debtors greater rolief from thc claiiiis of creditors tban they caa get ei ther from the Bankrupt kw, or from consti tutional legislation under the provisional civil government of the State, or under the goT crnmcnt that may bc formed in pursuance of thc Reconstruct?on Act3 of Congress ; and, thersfore, some persons d?sira the continu ance of militar? rule and the postponement of reconstruction, as the on ly means of relief from their liabilities." You ask whether there ?8 foundation for euch an opinion. Ia reply, I .have to say that I know of no conceivable CTCUinstnnees that vould induce ne to interfere, by military order*, with the general business of the State, or with the re lation of debtor or creditor under State laws, except, perhaps, in individual case -, where V?ry manifest injustice had bien doue. The only military orders which 1 have issued, or intend to issue in this District, are such as I consider nece-sary to the execution of the Reconstruction Acts. I do not understand those acts to warrant "me in making violent and radical changes in the ordinary course of civil business, ex cept in thc manner and for tho purpose above indicated. I do not see that the relations of debtor and creditor, and their adjustment in the usual legal manner, have auy proper connection with the enforcement of the Reconstruction Acts, solong r.3 those relations are fairly and justly settled by the courts without discrimi nation M lo classes or individuals. I repeat, then, that under co circumstances which I can now foresee, will I issue any such order as you say is hoped for by the people, and it seems to mc that any such relief as is desired, if it can-be obtained at all, must be looked for lo a State Convention, or sub sequent legislation after reconstruction is ac complished. The pressure upon mo hitherto to issue an order staying the collection of debts his been greater than is likely to be again, and, whilst 1 have no doubt the subject is worthy of great and anxious consideration, 1 do not cousider such matter properly within my province to adjust. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, [Signed] JOHN POPE, Brevet Maj. Gen. U. S. A. Com. Amos T. Akerman, Elberton, Elbert county Georgia. -? ? -- General Sickles';Positiou. NKV; YUKK, August 30. The following informatiou is an answer to the mar.j/ contradictory reports as to the cause of General Sickles removal: ''It is stated upon unquestionable authority that General Sickles has not yet received any Executive orders revoking or modifying blx General Order No. 10. Nor ha< General Sickles ic quested a revocation or suspeusion of any Executive order or any other order ia the premises, lt is al*o stated that General Sickles has not disobeyed any order from the General-in-Chief revoking or suspending Or der No. 10, nor docs he know of the existence of any such order. General Sickle? has not a?ked to bc reliev ed from duty in his district since the passage of the Act of Congress oi" July li), lSi>7. The only Executive order that is known to have been addressed to General Sickles, concern ing his relations to thc Courts of the United States, in his Military District, was sent to him when one of those Courts, in au attempt lo coustrain bia action (in the caso of the Anderson, S. C., prisoners) ordered his arrest, whereupon, General Sickles was instructed by the (hen Secretary of War, to take into custody, any p.nd all pemons undertaking to arrest him. No occasion, however, arose for compliance with those instructions. WHY GF.>;::KAL SICKLES WAS REMOVED. The Washington correspondent of the Ne:. York JJera'd fays : '. Thc cause ot thc remo val of Generu.1 Sickle? ia his insubordination in disobeying ike positive commauds of the President Thu Ord? r No. 10, resisting the execution ol mandates of tho United States Supreme Court in North Carolina was re sciuded by thc President some weeks ago, and General Grant instructed General Sickles accordingly ; but the latter, instead of prompt ly gubmittinr. ordered his subordinates not to obey the instructions forwarded by thc Attorney G< ueral at the command of the President, and wrote a very offensive letter to General G.ant, in which he alluded in dis respectful terms, indirectly, to the President, and asked foi a suspension of the order until such time a?? he (Sickies) could write a de fence of his ourse. The Preiidcnt, however, refuse? to wait when a plain, positive com raand is reck'cssly disregarded, and retires Sickles with unusual promptness. Thc next victim will undoubtedly bo General Pope, who in a short time will be removed to make way for General Wager Swaync." A SUBJECT FOR DIPLOMACY.-A correspon dent of thc New Yoik 'Tribune, wriliug from Richmond, Va., says: A caso of unusual interest came to-day be fore Judge Underwood, involving international law. It appears that acolored mau presented himself at thc office of a steamship company, asking first-class passage from New York, foi which he advanced full fare. The agent peremptorily refused him because of his color. The colored mau, upon arrival, weut to Get:, Schofield to sOek redress, who referred him to Judge Underwood, then holding court. He came before thc Judge, explanad bi* case, and stated further that he was a native and resident of Canada, and consequently a sub ject of Uer Most Grucious Majesty, Queer Victoria. Upon learning this important fact, the Judge declined to interfere in the matter advising the apuiicaut for his rights to lay his case before the British Consul. That official existing only in imagination here since hi! expulsion by the Reb-1 authorities, the Cana dian will proceed to Washington with a view to obtain from the British Minister what h< has been denied elsewhere. This will prob?? bly result in a diplomatic correspondence which may establish the right of a colored British subject to travel by any convcyauit that he may thiuk proper, provided bc is abb to pay. --. MUM'S THE WORD.-Registration has jual been completed in Floyd couuty, and the Rome Courter*, of the 22d, says: " We called ou thc registrars on Tuesday eyening to obtair thc nurnber registered in this county, white and colored, but were informed hy th,em thal they had been ordered by Gen. Pope to give no reparts of registration, nor allow auy to be taken from the books for publica'ion, Prom anothor source we leam that the total number registered in the county is 2,394, and that the whites have a large majority. With this we must rest satisfied, until our district commander aces fit to enlighten us further on the subject. SLAVERY AND POLYOAWY.-A California correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce calls attention to tho practice of polygamy and slavery on the Pacific coast, within tho States and Territories. Both these institutions, he says, prevail among thc China settlements and native American races, with out hindrance or denunciation, Thc higher classes of thc Chinese in California arc said to import slaves direct from Chiua, and great numbers aro kept in thc State, both male and female, who d.^ily deliver up to their m?sten all their earnings, and never sue for or expect their freedom. Thc Indians enslave alt of their captive.), have as many wives as they choose, and .?eparate from them when they please. The .?ame polygamie custom prevails among the native Mexicans of California. The correspondent thinks it would be appro priate and wise if philanthropists who d?.vot? so much time to the ex-slaveholders of the South would ijivu their attention to slavery and polygamy as practiced by Ihn A?iatio races, Indians and Mexicans in California. JSeY" A ?icbool master^n Ohio, advertises that be trill te jp Sunday-School twice a wet lr.-oe , ToMda/s ?jd Saiardajs, J A Shameful Confession. The Radical pres*, North and South, raised a furious howl over the attempts of Governor Jenkins to ?;et a decision of tho Supreme Courfupon the constitutionality of the Mili tary Bills. They raised a similar hue and cry more recently over tho Atlanta speech of the Hon. B. H. Hill and the letter of Ex Governor Johnson, both ol whom declared that, in their view, these law? were unconstitu tional. / Tho same Radical pre^s bas not a singlo word of condemnation for G?nerai Sickles, who givC3, rvs a reason why his order forbid ding the execution of i he lina! process ol' thc Uuited States Courts in his District, the fear that if h:3 order is not enforced the United States Courts in North Caroliua will decide the reconstruction acts of Congress unconsti tutional. What a 8trango and startling proposition is this of General Sickles ! The acts of Con gress, which he says are constitutional and which receive their only vitality from being in accordance with the provisions of thc Con stitution-theso acts, which he is enforcing upon the people of thc Carolinas at tie point, ot the bayonet, he confesses will be declared by the Courts of the United States-the ouly' tribunals which can authoritatively decide the issue-in violation of the .ostrumcnl, which he ia sworn to protect. W?at a shame ful confession is here made by General Sickles that these Military Billa are unconstitutional ! While at the same time he is, by the strong arm of power, driving them down the throats of the people over whom he is made, by these same laws, absolute dictator.-Chronicle & Sentinel. HEART-RENDERING ACCIDENT.-The Mobile papers contain accounts of a heart-rendiog casualty which occurred on Friday night in that city, by which a venerable lady lost her life at thc hands of her own son. The occur rence took place in the family of Dr. Jesse Carter. It appears that young Carter bad been unwell for some day*, and that hts mother had placed a bcd for him in a cham ber adjoining her own. Thc physician attend ing the young man had on Friday evening ad ministered a preparation containing opium. During the night Mrs. Carter was alarmed by some noise down stairs, and went into her son's roora to awaken him. Starting from his lethargy, half stupefied by the opium, the son drew a pistol from under his pillow, and fired twice at his mother, u:.der the belief that she was a burglar. One of the balls divided the carotid artet v, and the unfortunate lady soon bled to death. She exclaimed : " Son, son, you did not mean it. God bless you." Grazed by the de*ed, the unhappy son rushed out of the house, and has not since been seen. -. ? - _^Sfir*Tho largest income returned at San Fran cisco last year was that of Floricza. Hayward, the owner of a COHI mine. It waa $lGj,33.'t. 53?* Ii is .'tated that present indications are, that Fernando Wood will be the next Mayor o? New York. It ii alleged that the various politi cal organizations in the democratic party arc al ready committed to bis support. There aromanj other candidate.?, but thc successful manipula tions of Wood seem to have taken thc wind ou: of their rails. The Detroit Free Preta says : " Thnd. Stevons ha? a new trouble ! He has discovered tho reason why thc Judiciary Committee did not impeach the President ! It was because a ma jority of that Committee are Mtsous, and Johnson is a Mason ! That is where the fg- ny comes in. Stevens has got back to the "blesseJ spirit of Anti-Masonry," and ie jirnjiug to the ghosts oi' Morgan and Burnard for aid. If he could only look on tho fnco of John ltirns oi.ee mure it might do him somo good." ty In Washington City rumors say that nc gotiations are positively in prcgrcss for the ac quisition by the United States of tho Sandwich Ulandi. ?32- The distance on the Central Pacific Rail road from New York to San Francisco, by way ol Chicago, is three thousand three hundred utiles. If a train should run at tho rate of twenty mile? an hour, iucluding stoppages, it would require :. little le:8 than seven days to accomplish the ?i? tince. ?33r The delay in Santa Anna's trial is argued as favorable to him, and his friends think that as his available funds are within reach of the Mexi can Government, bis life will probably be iparnc* f?33~ A letter from Quittnan to tho Savanna") Xeir* ti Herald -ays "politics are exciting and the complexion u bi-colored. Patrick Fickling, a gentleman of color, is out for Congress. Ile i.? determined to test tho sincerity of Radical pro fessions, as well as thc constitutional distinction between voting and being voted fir. Tho decent colored people aro determined to have nothing to do with the mean whites who aro only after th* chestnuts." pif The Madrid editors, whoso articles offend ed the Government official; of Spain, ito to wear spiked iron collars and sorva in the galleys fo: twenty years. If King Juhu; of thc 2d Monar chy, wishes to do the thing "Browu up/' let bini Uko the hint. ^3S- Fifty Frenchmen have secured tho n\> proval of the Emperor tot an expedition to tbt North Pole, and a subscription lus been opened. They want $120,000, and intend to try a new route. 837" A French paper says, th? project ia on foot in Euro? c to put a tunnel under thc Atlantic o:?an, and thus have a submarine tai!way between the two continents. Its e-:timated cost will bc ?5SO,?OO,000 sterling, or $2,000,000,000, a sam equal to our national debt. What next ? Miss Maggio Mitchell made $16,000 last year. She lives in a?m?dett locking brick house on Fif'y Fourth street, not far fi om Central Park, just off of Fifth Avenue, New York. Her draw ing roomi aro very handsome, containing, ntnonj; other things, somo line statuary ; and elie has ti large und wo'.l solccted library. Tho negro Lhngstun has applied for the post of Ministir to n.ayli. The President in formed bim that theie was no vacancy at present but ad Kd, that if any should occur, bo saw nc ration why Ling>ton's claims should not be con sidered. To thc enquiry, whether the Preside^ would gr;.nt Langston mother interview a week heneo, au iiffirmative answer was given. 13*^ Tho destruction to crops, etc, by tho heavy rains of August is very great, particularly in Pennsylvania. The potato crop is badly injured by rotting, much foncing has been carried away, tho tomato crop in the State is almost a fuilure. In New Jersey the damage hus not been so great, the sandy soil absorbing tho water almost as fast aa it fell; but even ibero cousideiublo hay and qther crops were washed away. The New Orleans Bee says the mistress of an officer of the army, suid to bo high in com mand, has according to the authority of thc Times, run up millinery bills ia that city to bis charge, whilo absent in Washington, to thc extent of twenty-five thousand dollars. Tho officer de nies idl responsibility ia the matter, and there may yet bc a delectable expose of tho affair, as the modiite, it is said, threatens suit for her do raands. Tho mistress seems to have assumcu more freedom tba i a spouse, and to have been regarded by her dupes as the officer's wife. These are fast times. t^p^Six months ago, a Huston house sent out a cargo of jOO hoop skirts to Japan as a venture. Tho Jupa put a cover on them aud used them for umbrellas. .-1 . . IQ...- - ANOTHER TERRILLE EXPLOSION OF SHELLS. -Yesterday, as two white men named Mr. Wm. Palaver and a Mr. Wisc were engaged on Morris Island drilling old shells fer tho purpose of drawing tho loads and bringing them lo the city to sell for old iron, one of tho shells exploded, mortally wounding tho former, and filling the face of tho latter with powder, &C? Mr. Palmer's abdomen was badly cut, his right arm below the elbow frightfully mangled, and his left ann dread fully lacerated. Ile was brought to tho city and carried to the City Hospital, where he wa? attended by Dr. S. C. Brown and Dr. Horsey. It was believed about eight o'clock last evening, that the unfortunate man ct.uk! not survive over two hours. M-. Palmer was an old suman r r.d rigger, and weil known in thii dtj^CbarlesUn Confier, 2l*U OBITUARY. ASCENDED to Heaven on tho 23d August, WILLIAM GLOVER, son of Dr. G. and SCSAX E. HORD, aged one jear, six months, and two days. Little WILLIE was fondly beloved by all who know him. To his bereaved parents, great and unspeakable ts thc loss ; but to little WILLIE great is the gain ! He bas gone to join his little cherub sister FANNIE, (who died when only eleven days older than himself,) where neither pain, nor parting, nor death, can befall him more. Forever will little WILLIE live in our heart of hearts. S. COMMERCIAL. = .AUGUST Af Aug 17. GOLD.-Tho brokors aro buying at 147 and seliing at 143.'; j COTTON-The market to-day waa da?L We have no anica-to report. The offering price was 23; cents for. Middlings. WHEAT-Red $I,75@r,85 ;' White at $1,80? 2,10. * CORN-$1,25@1,35. CORN MEAL-City hotted", $1,45; Country $1,40. O ATS 6?@70cts. pw bushel. BACON-Clear Sides, 18i@19 ; Ribbed Sides, 1S@181; Shoulders. 15 @ 1 ? i ; Hams, ld@20c. Religious Notice* Tho next meeting of the Edgefield Association will be held with Bethel Church, commencing Saturday before the 2d Sabbath in September. L. R. GWALTNEY, MOD'R. Aug 13 3t 33 M. C. BUTLER. LE ROT F. YODI?ANS. BUTLER & YOUMANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AND Solicitors in Equity, WILL Praotice in Edgefield and tho adjoin ing Districts, in the United States Courts, and in Bankruptcy. Also, in Augusta, Qa. Office: Edgefieid C. H., S. C. Sept 3 tf 36 DJ MEDICAL CARD. "It. E. E. STROTHER, having per manently located at Fruit HOI, respectfully.offcrs bis Professional services to the people of tho surrounding country in the Practice of Medicine, Obstetrics and Surgery. ^arSpccial attention given to Chronic Ner vous Diseases and Operative Surgery at any dis tance. Sept 3 St* 36 EemovaL -o w E Have Removed our DRUG BU SINESS from Hamburg lo the Corner of Ellis and Monument Streets, Au gusta, Ga., where we will bo pleased to reo our friends and customers. A. J. PELLETIER. Augusta, Sept. 2 1m 36 -SIBLEY & SONS, Warehonse and General COMMISSION MERCHANTS No. 6, Warren Block, AUGUSTA, GEO., WILL give their personal attention to the SALE AND STORAGE OF COTTON and other MERCHANDISE. U??jConsignments solicited. CASH ADVANCED on Cotton or Merchan dize in Store. Also, kfcp on band BAGGING, ROPE, SALT Augusto. Sept 2 tf 36 ERSKINE COLLEGE. TlIE EXERCISES of this Institution will be resumed the first Monday in October next. Persons desiring information in regard to tho Rates of Tuition and Board, will plcaso address Rev. lt. C. GRIER, D. D., President of the College, Due West, S. C. J. N. YOUNG, Treasurer. Sept 2 . ll* 36 Thc Due West FEMALE COLLEGE THE WINTER SESSION in this Institution will open on MONDAY, thc 7th October. A full Corps of Teacher-' has been provided, and every effort will be made to retain the large pat ronn?e the College hus enjoyed for years. Tho rates of Tuition and Boarding have been reduced so as to correspond with the circumstan ces of our people. Boarding can bo bad at $12.00 n month, ia Currency, exclusive of Washing and Fuo). Tuition in Currency. Acad?mie Department, per Session, 5 mos. $15,00 Collegiate " " " 20.00 Exlrai. Music, Piano, per Session, 5 month?, $24.00 U?C of ' " " 2.00 Painting, . 10.00 Wax Work, 10.00 Drawing, 5.00 Latin, French, and Vocal Music, are taught free of charge. Young Ladies are recommended to adopt the Uniform dress proscribed by tbe Board, viz: " Dark Calicoes for School, and blue Worsted for Church, with straw hats trimmed with blue." No correspondence allowed with young men. Parent? are requested not to givo permission to violate this rule. j?3?"-For further particulars nddrcrs J. L BONNER, Pres. Sept 3 lt 36 TAX NOTICE. DEPUTY COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, U. S. L R. EDCEFIELD C. H., S. C., Sept. 2, 1S67. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons who have been Assessed by Messrs. JOHN STON and BOLES for Disiilling Spirits, for Leg acies and Distributive Share, and also those on tho Annual List for July, that I am now ready to re?oive their Taxes until tho 12th September. After which time the penalty will be enforced. - R. *W. CANNON, Dep. Col. U. S. Int. Revenue, 5th, 6th and 7th Div., Edgefield Dist. Sept 3 2t 3? Provost Martial's Sale. BY virtuo of an Execution issued from the Provost Court, Military Post of Aiken South Carolina, I will proceed to sci! on THURSDAY the 19th day ot September inst, at Edgffield Court nouso, ONE SMALL BAY MULE, levied on and to be sold as thc property nf Winfrey Whitlock nt tho Suit of Marla Hatchet. Terms Cash. LEWIS JONES, Deputy. Sept. 3, 1S67. 3t 36 FOR SALE, O NE G Horse Portable Engine nnd Boiler. One George Page <t Co\s. 22 Inch. French Burr Grist Mill. One George Page & C-'s. No. 2 or 4 Horse Power-? mperior article. Will bc sold lc w. Apply to AV. H. SMITH, G rangeville, S. C. Sept 3 lui* 36 Notice This! THE Patrons of the Springfield Academy for 1865 and ISftrt, who have not paid, are earn estly requested to rettie their Accounts or Note? for Tuition during thc above years. Your Teach er has waited patiently for this mosey. Most of these Accounts and Notes have Icon left in the hands of the Subscriber fer your conyeiriotce. Call, gentlemen, and pay up this jnst and woll enrnad money, as tho Teacher ttanda in need bf it. J. M. COG BURN, Oae o f i Lc Pam BE. ftfU ll?. .-. U