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I WILL, in addition to my business as Attorney at Lav, attend to the preparation of CAUSES IN BANKRUPTCY. Make out the Petitions, manage the Causes in Court, and attend to all other proceedings ne cessary to procure final discharges for applicants. I will attend in person before the Register of the 3d District, and give prompt attention to all causes confided to my care. J. L. ADDISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IS EQUITY Oflce: Law Range, Edgefield C. H., S. C. Aug 13 . 3m 33 JOSEPH AB.VKY. H. T. WRIGHT. ABNEY & WRIGHT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW ANO Solicitors in Equity, EDGEFIELD, S. C., Will Practice in the United States Courts, giving their especial attention to cases in Bankruptcy. July 30_tf '_3J_ M. L. BONHAM, ATTORNEY AT LAW Wi Solicitor in Equity, EDGEFIELD, S. C., ILL Practice ia the Courts of this State and in Augusta, Ga. Also, in the United States District and Circuit Courts for So. Ca., giving special attention to case? in Bankruptcy. April 2nd, 3m_14 M. W. GARY. WM. T. GARY. GARY & GARY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS UV EQUITY, EDGEFIELD, S. C. June li 3m 2C Medical Card. DR. T. J. TEAGUE has m- *-.d to the Dwelling recemly occupied by Mr. J. R. Carwile, next door below Episcopal Church. Ho may be fouod at the Drug Store of Teague A Carwile during the day, and at hts resideoct during the night, when not out on professional business. Having been ongaged in the practice o." Vedi cine, in Us various tranches, for tho last Thirteen Years, he feels that he docs not arrowie to him self undue merit when he solicits a liberal shan of pair mage at the hands of this community. Jan I tf 1 D, DENTISTRY. hi II. PARKEUJrespectfully announce. that he ?3 well proparea to. execute in the besi manner and promptly all work in the business, -and at greatly reduced figures. Having acquainted himself with the lateiucs tiavible improvements in thc profession, und se cured a full stock of materials, ?fcc, ho warran! good and satisfactory work to all who may desire his services. Edgefield, S. C., Aug. 1,_tf 31 For Sherill'. Tho Friends of Capt. A. P. WEST respectful ly announco him as a Candidato for Sheriff of Edgefield atthc noxtolection. Nov 7 * te? 45 Wc havo been authorized by tho Friends of Capt. H. BOULWARE to announco him a Candidate for Sheriff of Edgefield District at thc next election. Apr 12 tc* 16 For Tax Collector. Tho Many Frionds of D. A. J. BELL, Esq., rospcctfully nominate him as a Candidate fo: Tax Collector at the next eloction. Oct IS te 43 THE many Friends of Capt. JAMES MITCH ELL respectfully nominate him as a Candidate ior TAX COLLECTOR atthc next election. SALUDA. Dec 6 te? 50 Wo havo boon requested by many friends of Mr. JOHN A. BARKER to nnnouncehim a Can di late for Tax Collector of Edgoficld District at tao ensuing election. Oct. 2, tc* 4 ?gf Wo havo beon authorized by friends of Capt. STUART HARRISON to announce him fl Candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk o! tho Court of Common Pleas for this District, at the next election. April 9 te 15 gST'Wc have .boen authorized by the mani friends of Capt. L. YANCEY DEAN to an nounce him a Candidate for Clerk of the Court of Common Pions for Edgofield District at tbr next eloction. June 20 to 27 CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY EDGEFIELD, S. C. T:IE SubscriDcrs respectfully announce tbr. rh<jy aro n< w propared to do all work in th' COACH MAKING and REPAIRING BUS] NESS that m iy bo entrusted to thom, in a work <a mlike inmncr, and with ncatnessanovdispatcl Wo hare on hand a few CARRIAGES aBd sn perior B U<? '? I ES, of our own manufacture, wh iel we will sell low. All kinds of REPAIRING done promptly an. warran'.od to give satisfaction. *5?-As we jell ONLY FOR CASH, onrprice> ar unusually reasonable. All we ask is atrial. SMITH & JONES. Mar 7 tf 10 WAGDS AH BLACKSMITH SHOPS. THE Undersigned cives Doticc that ho is now prepared to have REPAIRED in a ged and workmanlike aiann*r, WAGONS. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, and other Vebicbs that may be brought to his Shops, at fair and reasonable pri ces for Cash. NEW WAGONS, C^.RTS and BUGGIES will also be put up in the best stylo, and on BS reason able terms as can be afforded. nuving EFFICIENT and EXPERIENCED WORKMEN in my Shops, ard a good supply of the BEST SEASONED TIMBER, no pains will be spared to g-'ve ontire satisfaction to those who ir.ay tend their work to these Shops. W. W. ADAMS, I Jeyt* tf J The (?raves of Our Dead. Wo went to the graves of our dead, Oh, the sal and mournful way ; Where we laid them down in their last long .dcop, That never forgotten day. Wo wept at the graves of our dead, A? wo knelt on their'placo of rest, For we knew, alas ! we should meet them no more, Till wo moot in tho homo of the blest. We covorcd tho graves of our dead With wreaths, and flowors, and tears ; . And we thought how blithely they wont.to tho war, And our gloomy sadness and fears. Wo rejoiced at the graves of our dead, For they ?tooc? before the foe; They stood in tho strength of their own rightarm, And dealt out blow for blow. We prayed at the graves of our dead. As we bowed 'neath thu setting sun ; " Thou givest, oh Lord, imd Thou takest away, Thy Holy will bc done." Wc came from the graves of our dead We carno to life's toil and caro; And wo ask, oh Lord, for the sake of our dead, Thou wilt help us iife'j toil to bear. For the snkc of these precious dead, We will live, and strive, and fight; Assured wo shall meet them in God's own timo In realms of eternal light. Gen. Wade Hampton ou the Crisis* AH INTERESTING LETTER. General Wade Hampton ba3 written a long letter in response to an appeal from Messrs. D. W. Ray, Wm. H. Talley, J. P. Thomas, E. M. Law, and about sixty others, for'his ad" vice with regard to their action in the very important matters soon to be submitted to the people of this State. Those gentlemen say : We have no intention to oppose the ex?cu tion of any law, even wero it in our power, but under the Reconstruction Act, certain latitude of actioa is left us, which entails upon us entire responsibility for all conse quences which may flow therefrom. We be lieve this responsibility to be very grave, and these consequences vital to every class of our community, insepara ly connected as are the interests of ali. Recent events show that there is no longer a possibility of that entire harmony, of action among our people, for which you and we have heretofore hoped and striven. The views of the whole community are unsettled by the new aspect of affairs? and the people look to those who command their confidence for a course of action upon which all may agree, who truly desire thc prosperity of the Sta.e. General Hampton replies as. follows: Gentlemen : I beg to acknowledge the re ceipt of the letter in which you do me the | honour to ask "my advice with regard toy our., ^ action iu' tL'? very ?mpc>TtanT~m"a"uers tooTTTO- "! be submitted to the people of the State." Though I cannot but feel that many of those i whose names are signed to this commutiica- i lion are far more competent to offer counsel ou the grave topics now agitating the public mind than myself, ns I deem it tobe the duty of every maa, when called on by his follqw eitizeus, iu limes of peril, to contribute all in his power to promote the general welfare, or to ward off the common danger, I willingly comply with your flattering request. Recognizing, then, the duty imposed on mo by your cr.ll, and impelled, -.Iso, by the great respect 1 feel for those who have tb us hon oured me, I shall s'ate with perfect candour the imminent dangers surrounding us, and peint out wiih equal frankness theoulycour.se which, iu roy judgment, wc can pursue with honour, or with any hope of ultimate safety. Before proceeding to the discussion of lae present condition of affairs, it is proper to let. you know what were the views entertained by myself immediately after the cessation of active hostilities, and what was thc course I thou*ht our people should then follow. TI1?3 cannot be done moro concisely than b<- giv in^ to you a copy of a letter addressed to Ja'tnes Gr. Gibbes, Esq., chairman of a publio meeting, which was held here in August, 18<J5. Not being in the city at that time, I wrote the following letter, which, yielding to the views of others, I afterwards determined not to publish : HIS VIEWS TWO YEARS ACO. AUGUST, 20, 1865. To Iiis Honour James G. Gibbes, Mayor of I Columbia : SIR : Having been absent when the late public meeting was held in the city, I taite this method of expressing my views on the subjects discussed on that occasion. It is with 6omo reluctance that I express these views, as I do not concur in the policy advo cated by the meeting. Is it desirable that the people of the State should take any ac tion looking to a restoration of civil govern ; ment at present ? 1 think not ; and for these reasons : The State is cither a member of the Fede ral Union, or it is not. If a member, then i not ouly is it' a work of supererogation for ' uer to ask admission to the Union, but she is, ! by thc Constitution of the United Statesj guaranteed a republican form of government, ..ind she has the right to administer her gov ernment under such a constitution and by iuch laws as she chooses. But if she is, on the contrary, not a member of the Union, she must bc ii gard ed el* her as a territory, or as a cocquered province. In either condition, the United States' authorities >.rc charged with the duly of providing a proper govern ment for her, and 1 think the rrue policy of thc State is to remain passive until Buch j'ov orutnent is given to her, or is.forced soon her. If thc course indicated t-y tho meeting here is followed by the State, what will be the r e sult? Will it lead to thc restoration of Ihe Union as it existed, and to the re establish ment of the con-litution and laws of this State? I do riot think that such will bc the case. To restore the State to the Union by the plan contemplated in ihe resolutions adopted by tho meeting here, it will bo ne cessary to call a convention of the Sta?e. That a convention, chosen as that will be, will represent, the wishes of the people of the State, is an impossibility. But passing over this grave objection, there remains th,e still graver one as to the adoption of n constitution. Are the people of the State willing, by the adoption of anew and totally different con stitution, to ignore all tho teachings of the past, to subvert the whole order of society, to change, in a moment, its whole organization, and, in a word, to commit (if the exprcs.-ion may be used) political suicide 7 Yet thia is the inevitable tendency of the course recom mended by the meeting. No one, for a mo ment, supposes that the State will bo admitted into the Union with its present constitution. To gain admission, tho Stato must como with a constitution representing, not the views and intereats of tho people of South Carolina, but those of Massachusetts. It may be urged that the State must come with such a Con stitution, or not come at all. If such is the fact, then let her not come at all. The United States Government will hold tho country, as it now does, by military occupation ; its troops will be present to inaugurate and enforco the new system of labour decreed by the Ptesi- ' dent of the United States, and the people, 1 though conquered, will not have the addition al humiliation and reproach which they would 1 bring opon theaaselvss, if they coosest to d*> ---?-^-W?tmm-^M stroy their own constitution which was : queathed to them by their fathers. Besides these varions reasons against I policy advocated by the meeting, it appe: to me that it is premature for the people move at present. The authorities at Wai ington havo not indicated the course tl propose to pursue towards the State, nor hi they manifested great zeal in the restorati of that Union for which they have profess?e been fighting for the last four-years. Th have not asked the State to return to t Union, nor have they announced the ter upon which it can do so. When they ha done these things, it will be time enough ; the State to take, counsel how to act. I recommend, then, with all deference yourself and the gentlemen over- whom y presided the other day, that thc people snot remain perfectly quiet, taking np acti whatever in public affairs. Leave all th? matters to the United States- Governmei which will, doubtless,.in good time, providi government for you. Until that is done, t cartridge-box can take tho place of the ball box, and the bayonet is a good substitute f the law. It is better to be governed 1 these than to givo to your State a constit tion which misrepresents the wishes of t people, humiliates their pride, debauch their society, destroys their prosperity a: degrades their State. I have the honour to be, very respectful your friend and follow citizen, . . WADE HAMPTON. ACCORDING TO CONGRESS THE SOUTH IS STL IN THE UNION. It was clear to my mind that the Irue po cy of the South was to remain passive, o serving, with the most scrupulous fidelity, tl obligations we assumed when we laid dow our arms, and making no concessions beyot those embraced in the terms upon which i surrendered. I held that the United Stat Government had njt only offered terms the South, but that its faith was pledged tho observance of those terms. Every offici act of every department of that governmen during the war, declared that the Southei States were still members of the Uuiou, ar Congress, by an almost unanimous vote, i the most solemn manner, " Risolved, That this war is not waged, c our part, in any spirit of oppression, nor fi any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nt purpose ol overthrowing or interfering wit the rights dr C:.tablished institutions of tL Slates, hut to deiendand maintain thc supr< macy of toe constitution, and to preserve th Union with all the dignity, equality and righi of the several S'utes'unimpaired. That a soon as these objects are accomplished, th mir ought to cease." Thc same body gave the strongest evidenc that they regarded the Uniou unbroken, eve during the. war, by thtir recognition of M: Carlisle as Senator from Virginia-? mea the noble " Old Dominion,'' and not her tile giuniate and degenerate child. West .Virginj -and allowing him to retan his seat unti neiir tho ?loso of the war. Thu very parole given to the Southern soldi'-rs promised th protection,of the,.L^itgdJ5ia?.g3 Governmen tho laws of "the Slates wherein they re sided ;" thus recognizing, not only thc South ern States as Stales, but tl..-; lutes of iL-.= States We had every rea-on, us far as w could trust to the faith of our opponents, ti believe that the Southern Slates would he te ceived into the Union with all their "dignity equality and rights unimpaired," as boon a they renewed their allegiance to tLc genera government, and acknowledged its supremacy PUNIC FAITH-OCR CREAT MISTAKES-TU I NORTH BETRAYED. It would bc foreign to the purpose cf thi communication to discuss what faith ha? b- ci kept with thc South-mankind has airead; aflixed to that sort of faith the name of Punic I only touch on these points to show the mis takes committed by tho South, when it, c r' formcd-to those demands of the North wLicl were interpolated into the conditions, a/tci our surrender. Our State Conventions wcfi mistakes ; so were the changes of our Consli lotions ; greater than all others was the le^ islation ratifying the amendment of th? United Slates Constitution known as Artich lo. I am well aware that the action of thi Southern people, at that time, wa? dicta tee by an honest desire to secure fhc blessings o peace, and hy a high sense of honour, whicl .prompted them to phow that they were sin Cere in their wi?h todo everything that woult tend to the restoration of thc Union on lion ourable terms. I have no hesitatiou in as serting that thc Southern Sf nies would ther. have been brought uac^ t the Union will more of" loyal'}'"-to use a favourite ex pression of tho North-than had exister amongst them for forty years past, had thc North proved itself to be as magnanimous a: it had shown itself to be powerful, liutil was the misfortune, not only rf the South but of the whole country, that thc party which had obtained possession of the govern meat was more intent on eecuting its ow power than of restoring the Union to its own pristiue glory. After acquiring power, on the sole ground of bringing bock ihc Southern States to thc conan'on fold, with ail their "diguity, equality and rights unimpaired," they ba;cly betrayed the people of the North, by subordinating the interests and rights ol ten States to th.- effort to perpetuate thc power of their pitty, falsifying, whilu they did so, pvery pledge which they had made during^ ie continuance of thc war. The war, which?was professedly waged solely for the restoration of the Union, in its progress, degenerated into au open attempt, on th? part of its authors, to consolidate and perpetuate Radical rule, and a government, which was founded on the .noble maxim that "govern ments derive their just powers from the con sent, of tho governed," has been perverted to the base ends of subjecting tcp millions of its people to a military de.-p.itistv. MJ?.TAUV DESPOTISM. That I may not. bc accused of stating this proposition in stronger language than is war ranted by the facts of the case, I beg to call your attention to the following extract of an article which emanated from Massachusetts. Bearing tho imprimatur of Boston, its lau guage, which, had it been uttered here, might have smacked of treason, can be regarded only as loyal : " The principle,'' ?ays this writer, " on which, the war was waged by thc Hortb, waa simply this : That men may rightly bc com pellet! to submit to and support a government that they do not want; and that resistance on their part makes them traitors and crimi nals. No principle that is possible to be named can be more self-evidently false than tltis, or more self-evidently fatal to all politi cal freedom. Yet it triumphed in th" field, and it is now assumed to be established. If it be really established, the number of slaves, instead of having been diminished by the war, has been greatly increased; for a man thus subjected to a government that ho does uot want, is a slave ; and there is no differ ence in principle, but only in degree, between political and chattel slavery. TUG former, no less than thc latter, denies a man's ownership of himself and tho products of his labour, and asserts that other men may own him at.d dispose of him and his property for their uses and at their pleasure. Previous to the war, thero were 6omo grounds for saying that in theory, at least, if not in practice, our gov ernment was a free onc--tbat it rested on consent. But nothing of that kind can bo Baid now, if the principle on which the war was carried on by tho North is irrevocably established," Hero wa KB told in emphatic language, by a Northern man, whose mind cannot scured certainly by the so-called ben Southern doctrines, what was the princ which the war was waged by thejNortb, ? are warned-God grant that the warnii not be in vain-what will be the result principle is irrevocably established, be established, and we may bid adieu stitutional liberty-republican instituter, be swept away in the storm that will and we shall enter on those dark and ( scenes which always precede a nation's The time will then iodecd have come to pray, in the words of a fearless ai quent son of Georgia, for the speedy I of ff the American Ciesar." The wh cent legislation of the fractional Congi Washington seems to have only in v break down all the barriers' . f the Coi tion of the United States ; to ignore t mortal truths of the great rebellion j and to convert a government, which 1 its only foundation, " tho consent of th eroed," into "one sustained by force None of the Radicals pretend that the : ry bills are constitutional. They ad perhaps I should say, rather, they trust these measures are unconstitutional, they endeavour to make the South them, by arousing and appealing to the passions of human nature, fear and cu] They threaten us with confiscation, ( oue baud, if we do not accost these mea; they give them the semblance of law, on the other they attempt to bribe amongst us who arc so base and venal be willing to purchase immunity for selves by selling the liberties of their cot WILL THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE MAKE ANI TIIER CONCESSIONS? Are these despicabla motives strong er to corrupt the virtue of the Southern pe Will that people, who have proved t selves capable of making any and all fices for thc 6ake ol their principles, si low as to buy the mere privilege to live if they live slaves-by giving up all that have heretofore held sacred, and all makes life itself worth having? Will allow their action to be influenced by thn Threats can never govern brave men. they afraid of confiscation by Congress' they adopt these Reconstruction acts, will most assuredly suffer confiscation i worst and most tyrannical form, througl "reconstructed" States. It is for thei determine these momentous questions themselves. They have already carried cession to the verge of folly. Hear ) another Northern writer'says on this pt " The programme of thc ruling party not be altered nr changed by concess That has been tried in the South. All demands of Congress havo been com j with by tho States lately in revolt. 'J have altered their constitutions, adopted amendment abolishing slavery, attende the condition of the freedmen, repudiatet debt contracted by them for war purpc and in this manner showed their anxiet resume constitutional relations with the I oral Government. But each concession been-met .with a fresh demand, until,-at present-time^teu'. States -b.e#o~>bo?n tur into military divisions, ton Governors, cbc by the people, superseded by Gve Bi-ig-td Generals, ami the will of a minority Cong placed over and above thc power and anti ?ty of the constitution. * * * In ol to carry out this scheme, which was c coded by tue revolutionary committee Congress, the Southern S ates are made s jed to a mili'.iry tyranny, without limitai or responsibility, or omer checks or usu lions, than thiit it shall lise it< powers lite ly to carry out the pol?tica] pu rpo-es of ruling party in the nation." WHAT HAS KEEN GAINED BY CONCESSION Has this policy of concession to unlav demands been so productive uf benefit ; we still desire to pureoo ii? Are we \ pured for the sake of expediency-that fi fallacy which has lured us so fur on thc- ri to destruction-that Trojan Horse which brought with it an Iliad of woes-to bar away the few rights remaining to u.j ? 3 this is thc course we must follow, if wc ccpt terms which we know lo bc contrary theconditious on v.hieb wc surrendered, whi are inimical to all true reconciliations, a which are hi open and palpable violation thc Constitution of thc United States-of ti constitution which wc swear to support) thc very moment we are grossly outraging most sacred provisions ! Would not lin who vote for tiiese laws, knowing them to uncocstitutional, be guilty ; f perjury? AVI good cnn come of laws which begin in Ira and ure curried into effect un-y by pejurj Let mc not b'- understood us making'au) i flections on tlio-e Southern men ?VIM hoi esl and conscientiously advocate our accepta.*) of these military bills. Any divisions arnon?! us are to bo deprecated, . nd it is ns unwi as it is unkind t" impugn tue motives of m who, ca many a field, have proved their ?I votion lo the Souih. Especial! do I r--"'? tho virulent attacks winch have been made ( that gallant soldier who so long and so nb lcd thc illustrious First Corps ol the Army Northern Virginia, lt. has been his hard lal in peace as in war, to be wounded by his ov. people. That charity which "hopetb f things" and a natural distrust of our OM judgment, should ma'-e us treat the COnvi lions of such men v. at least kindly an proper consideration. But for those u.w! soe the right and yet thc wrong pursue," wh while their country seems to be struggling i the throes of death consult only their ow baso fears and low instincts-who, to sav their vile property or still more vile person would degrade their State-wbo bid us ac ccpt dishonour as the price of tafe ty-lat guage has no terms strong enough to bran their infamy. They are as far beyond th reach of adequate punishment in this wbrli as they are beneath thc scorn and coutemp of all honourable men. WHAT WILL BE GAINED T.Y CONCESSION ? But to return to the consideration of thi Reconstruction acts, from which ibis digrcs sion bus led mc. What inducements do tin advocates cf these measures hold out to tu to accept them ? Can they promise us peace ' Look at Tennessee, and learu what kind o, peace we are to have. Caa they promise u; an acceptable State constitution-one thai will not be interfered with by Congress! Look at Delaware, Maryland and Kentucky -three "loyal" sovereign States-which ar? to bc put on trial before a Star Chamber com mittee, on tho charge of not having republi can constitutions. Can they promise a re storation of thc Union? Tne Radical ru lers expressly declare that their measures are not *' finalities." Can they promise even that doubtful ?food, representation in the. Congruas of the United States ? I refer you to Ken tucky, whose representatives arc ignominious ly rejected, because rebels voled for them! But suppose that, the Slate accepts thc terms proposed by thc military bilis; that she agrees to the permanent and total exclusion from her councils of the intellect, thc experience, tho wisdom and ihe patriotism which, in times past, gave her lustre j that, instead of these noble qualities aud virtues, she commits her politic?! destinies to the guiriunco of ignor ance, inexperience, lolly and radicalism ; that she adopts a constitution disfranchising forever tba men who, in obeying her c'rfm mand to defend lier, believed that they were serving God ; that she "Buys-ignominious purcha.<o-abort reposo, AV ill? dying cur.?es anil tho gre in? ot tbo.?o That Borvod and loved, and put in her their trust.'.' ? fia I . . I Suppose she dees all these things, and that ' the Radicals then graciously permit ber to send ber representatives to Washington, from ' what class will abc select, the men wc to rill tbc places oner! honoured by Low Calhoun, McDuffi-, Preston, Cheves, H Huger and their glorious compeers? same body wbieh has shown such wi and magnanimity in framing these R struction acts that are to bring so many 1 ings in their train, gives you the answ the following act of Congress : " I. Hereafter any person elected or pointed to any office of power or profit i the Government of the United States, e in the civil, military or naval departmec the public service, excepting the Presi of the United States, shall, before enti upon the duties of such office, and befon ing entitled to any of the salary or ( emoluments thereof, take and subscribe following oath : 'I do solemnly swear, t have never voluntarily borne armsagains United Slates siuce I have been a ci thereof; that 1 have voluntarily giver aid, countenance, counsel or encouragci to persons eugaged in armed hostility the that I have neither sought nor accepted, attempted to exercise, the Junctions of office whatever, under any authority or tended authority in hostility to tho Uti States; that I have not yielded a voluc support lo any pretended government, thority, power or constitution within United States, hostile or inimical the And I do further swear, that to the be my knowledge and ability, I will sup and defend, the Constitution of the Un States against all enemies, foreign and mestic; that I will bear true faith and i gian LC to thc same j that I take this obi tion freely, without any mental reserva or purpose of evasion ; and that I will and faithfully discharge thc duties of .office on which I am about to enter-so 1 me God 1' And any person who shall fal take the said oath shall be guilty of perj and on conviction, in addition to the pc ties now'prescribed for that offence, shal deprived of his office, and rendered ?neap: of ever?.ftcr holding any office or place der the United States." 3E?TER NO REP fi ESENTATIO}?' THAN FALSE PRESENTATION. Is representation in Congress so very sirable, that wc should send men there \ can take that oath, rather than that we she remain unrepresented longer? Can the p plc of the State trust those who could who wouid take it? For tho honour of State, I.8hould prefer that she-should nol represented iu the halls of Congress u her delegates can enter them as free men, presenting a sovereign State, with all dignity, equality and rights uniuipaire When that day comes, there may be a reste tion of the Union in fact, as well as in thee when North and South, forgiving, the pt even if they cannot torget it. may meet equals on some common ground, where honour, thc rights and tho feelings of b can be recognized and respected. But ui that day does come, in the words of Pair Henry, '*Gentlemen may cry peace! peat 'ont there is no peace."' CONTINUED MI LITA RT RULE BETTER TUAN V ' -'fea trafcWHtBfi KOK-YuX?^JtOAJXST. C( VE.VTIO.V. It is scarcely necessary for mc to say th entertaining the views 1 have expressed think v far preferable the State should main in its present condition, under millt: rule, than thal i! should give its sanction mensure, which we believe to be illegal, i constitutional and ruinous. It is my hon and firm belief, that the voluntary ace ptar of ih'-iC niea?ures by our people would su ly bring, not only to the South, but to t whole Country, evils far greater than any have yet suffered.' The North, Hushed w suecos, and drunk with power, may not able to realiza i Lis fact ; but as surely as t I South ?.t?s a victim io irrespous ble and u pf-ensid powe**; so surely wi 1 tb? North".!? its lihoriics. Ruin io ibo Soiuh wi!! react thc North, and if we are crushed into t dust, thc Northern people will see but t 'fore-shadowing of their own Certain doo \ Recognize, as an established principle, t right of any political party lhat way be j turi ascendency to fix upon all who dill wnh them laws unauthorized by thc Co stitution of thc United States, and we sh; begin that downward carer which will lei u- steadily through confusion, anarchy ai blood, to th*-- certain overthrow of republic! institutions and free government. Believii this, 1 regard it tba duty of every man, in tl ex i rci-o ol the right accorded to all by the military hills, to oppose their adoption by r lawful means. As the peopb: have the privi ego, then, ..!' expressing either assent or di Beni i'll ii-- q. i<.. -. i II, I advise them, eames ! , to r ? .. he hm r a- fully anr1 solemn a- p -?Aib . LrJ nj in it lei/islei', ond ca hi* mi- >nj linul (he rt ri/ion, MUM the que j.?Ot Will hn ll? I'M -h-f Thes?, g- . i .i e .nclu~i.M s '. which 1 Lave in?ei r -.L' ?' by the most an: ious consid?rai ?or. of :?i se " important ma pterss'onn to be submitted io th? people of th Stale.'" They have beer, laid helore you i greater Icugtt) than I ?mended, birt i; seeme to me best to lei you bav:' my premises, j ? well as my conclusions, iu order that yo 1 might judge ol' ihe correctness of both. I ca only declare thal 1 have discussed this mi mentoua question wirb the single desire t arrive at thc truth, and I Lope that it has a least been discussed iu a temperate and dia passionate spirit. Let tue bring one othe subject, suggested by your letter, to you consideration, and I shall tax your pa tiene no further? WHITES AND-BLACKS. . You sny, truly, I hat I, as well as yourselves " have hoped and striven for entire harmon] of ac! ion among Mir people." It has bec my most earnest desire to secure thia hurn:u ny, as it has been my constant effort to alla] excitement, and to counsel obc-diencn to th? laws. This lias been the prevailing senti m cn' among our people, aud ii it fails ol ita object it will not bc our fault. A:--it is of tba last consequence to main tint thc same amicablo relations which bare heretofore existed between thc whites aud the blacks, I cann t too strongly reiterate my counsel, that all clashes should cultivate har mon}' and exercise forbearance. Let our people remember that the negroes havo, as a general rule, behaved admirably, and that they aro in no manner responsible for the present condition of affairs Should they, in the futuro, be misled by wicked or designing men, lol us consider how ignorant they ne cessarily are. and let us, ouiy the more, try to convince them that we are their best friends. Deal with them with perfect jus tice, and thus show that you wish to promote their advancement and enlightenment. Do this, and the negroes- wiil not only learn to trust you, but they will soon appreciate tho fact so evident to us, Hint we can do toilhout them far better than they can do without us. Ou a late public occasion, where mauy of you were present, I expressed my perfect willingness to see impartial suffrage estab lished at the South, and I believe that this opinion is entertained, not ouly by a large majority of tho intelligent and reflecting whites, but. also of the same class among the blacks. I deprecate universal suffrage, not only on general principles, but especially ia the case helore ii-, because I d-ny the right of Congress to prescribe tho rules of citizen ship in ibo States. The Supreme Court, has decided that a negro is not a citizen of the ! United States, and Congress cannot reverso that decision by an act.. The States, howev er, are competent to confer citizenship on tho negro, and I think it is the part of wisdom that such action should be taken by tho Southern States. We have recognized the freedom of the blacks, and have placed this fact beyond all probability of doubt, denial or recall. Let us recognize in the same frank manner, and as fully, their political rigiits also. For myself, I confess that I am per fectly willing to Bee a constitution adopted by our State, conferring thc elective franchise on thc negro, on precisely the same terms as it is to be exercised by the white man, guard ing against the abuse of this privilege by es tablishing a slight educational and property qualification fm all classes. I have thus, gentlemen, endeavoured to comply, as fully as possible, with the request ! conveyed in your letter. A sense of duty to J the State, and an eminent desirato show my respect to my fellow-citizens, irom whom I have received so many marks of kindness and J confidence, are the only motives which could J have induced me to take any part in public | affairs, ff the crude views thrown out for your consideration , are instrumental in arous ing any one to a sense of the dangers sur rounding us, or if they can be of the slightest benefit to thos^e who have caliea' for them, they will. have accomplished their ends. Thapking you again for the honour you have done mc in asking counsel- of rae, and pray ing that our efforts to save our beloved State from ruin may be successful, I am, with great respect and esteem, your friend and fellow citizen, WADE HAMPTON. To Messrs. D. W. Ray, W. II. Talley, J. P. Thomas, E. M. Law, and others. Columbia, August 7,18G7. How Soft y on the Bruised Heart. How softly on the bruised heart A word of kindness falls, And to the dry and parched soul The moist'ning tear drop calls ; Oh, if they know who walked tho earth 'Mid sorrow, grief and pain, The power a wo.-d of kindness hath, 'Iwere paradise again. Tho weakest and the poorest may The simple pittanco give, And bid dulight to withered hearU Return again and live : Oh, what is lifo if love be lost? If man's unkind to man Or, what tho hc iven that waits boyond Thia brief and mortal span ? As stars upon the tranquil sea In mimio glory shine, So words of kindness in the heart Reflect thc source divine ; Oh, then be kind, wko'er thou art, That broathest mortal breath, And it ehalt brighten all thy lifo, And sweeten even death. Augusta and Columbia Railroad. The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel speaks ?s follows of this road and its connections : . 41 We have been lrequently interrogated of late in regard to the progress which bas been made in the work upon this road. The pub lic is becoming somewhat impatient over the delay in its completion, and we think justly so. More than a year ago, when the Presi dent of the company was urging our people to authorize a city subscription to its stock .of.$100,0,00, we^wtfe^j^a that ^jsujf h? the road in ieis'WEn'' twelve rSo^rB?^^^P after waiting many months over the time fix ed by the officers of the road for its com plo 'ion, we can hear nothing authoritative which would encourage the hope that it will be fin ished within the ?ext two or three years. "This is a very important road for thc welfare of this city, and our {?copie feel a deep interest nt it.? early construction. They have subscribed liberally to thu stick, and by the expression of their approval through the bal lot bix, have authorized.the City Council to make a large subscription to ?ts stork, at a lime when the city was greatly in debt and our people very much impoverished by the results ol the war. We refer now to these ihings rn show rho great concern which th citizens of Augusta have manifested in favor of me work, and with the further view of urging t.ho-e who have control ?f the work to spare no efforts to effect its speedy completion. The r< nd from here to Milledgevillc and .Macon is progressing rapidly, and we confi dently expect that the cars ..n this linc will run through lo Macon by the 1st of Novem ber. Th-t city is a large stockholder in this road, and lier subscription to the Columbia Road was ver;-considerably influenced by the consideration that the completion of the Co lumbia Road wmld increase tho value of her stock in the Mtiledgevilie ?mmictior.. If the Columbia Rond is not pish d forward, with-. out unnecessary delay.-the tide of tnv-1 will have become fixed HWI settled on the iuteri or line so (irmly that it w li be '.fiicult to draw it off. By all means, let us hav-j tue Colum bia Road pul through at once.,} '* Consistency, Thou art a Jewel." The Savaunah Republican, a consistent Re publican papr-r, edited by a Nouhera man, denounces the order imposing a fine on Cap tain McNelty for rofusi:- ;- to sell a colored woman first-class cabin passage ou his boat. It isays : We brapd this act as unjust, simply be" cause the justice, so called, dealt out to Cap tain McNrlty, an hon->t, law-abiding, tax paying citizen ol South Carolina, is not the same as Lo would receive m.der similar cir cumstances in Massachusetts or any other Northern State, and there ts. nota Republi can or radical in the United S rates that dare dispute oar assertion, or controvert it with stubborn facts. It is net thrco months since tba conductors and drivers cn tho city railroads of radical Philadelphia, where there ia, perhaps, ono colored citizen lo every thousand white peo ple, were constantly running their cars oft the tracks, and thereby greatly impeding pnb? lie travel, rather than permit a respectable and tidy colored persou to ride in their public couvcyarces. * * We know, also, from personal observation, j that thc captains on the steamers that ply between Boston and Baugor, Boston and Port I land, and O'i all thc magnificent Long Island Sound boats, positively refus?, to allow ? col ored persou to sit at the first table *with the white passengers. We also know that out of all thc places of public amusement in radical Bo>ton, with its Republican city government, thero is but one-the Boston Museum, owned by Hon. Amos Kimball, a Republican-where no distinction is made in the audionce on ac count of color. We also happen to know that, at tho time tho Prince of Wales' grand ball was given at the Boston Academy of Music: a highly respectable colored man ap plied to thc committee for a ticket, intending to attend the soiree with bis wife, but wai promptly refusad. We never recollect, dur ing a residence of twenty six years in Boston,'! our native city, having seen a person of color j seated at one of-the public hotel tables, and though wo aro not aware of any statute which forbids 'Jiu exercising of snch a privilege on the part of the colored people of Massachu setts, wo can positively assert, and without fear of contradiction, that wore the colored pcqplo f.s largely in the majority in Massa chusctts and other Northern States as they are in Soutu Carolina, Georgia, "..id the oth er Southern States, the Caue-sian prejudice againRt the negro, ju?giti^ from the amount wa daily see exhibited there, would bo so strong, that ihe lines of social demarcation, about which wo bear so much senseless talk, would be much more closely drawn than at present. . Last week two negroes were jugged for breaking into a gentleman's house and stealing all his Confederate money, amounting to a bushel or two. Heavy loss-No insurance. I Proclamation by President Johnson. WASHINGTON, September 3. j WHEREAS, By the Constitution of the United j States, the Executive power is . vested ina j President of the United States of America, I who is bound bj solemn oath faithfully to ex ecute the office of President, and to the best ! of his ability to preservo, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and is by the same instrument made Commander-in Chief of the army and navy of'the United States, and is required to take care that the laws are faithfully executed ; and whereas, by the same Constitution, it is provided that the said Constitution and the laws of the United States, which shall be made in pursu ance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, and the Judges in every -State shall be bound thereby ; and whereas, in and by the same Constitution the judicial power of the United States is vosU-d in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish*; and the aforesaid jndicial power is declared to extend to all cases in law and equity arising under the Constitution, th-i laws of the United States, and the treaties ' which shall be made j under their authority ; and whereas, all offi cers, civil and military, are bound by oath that they will support and defend the Con stitution against all enemies, foreign and do mestic, and will bear true faith and allegiance to the same ; and whereas, all officers of the army and navy of the United States, in ac cepting their commifjsioD8 under the laws of Congress and the rules and articles in war, incur an obligation to observe, obey and fol low such directions JIP they shall from time to time receive from th2 President or the Gene ral, or other superior and discipline of war; and whereas, it is provided by law that when ever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations or assemblages of person;, against the authority of the Government of the United States, ii; shall become impractica ble in the judgment of che President of the United States to enforce, by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the laws of the United States within any State or territo ry-the Executive ir: that case is authorized and required to secure their faithful execu tion by the employment of the land and naval forces; and whereas, impediments and ob structions, serious in their character, ha7e re cently been interposed in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, hindering and preventing for a time a proper enforcement there of the laws of the United States and of the judgments and decrees of a lawful court thereof, in disregard of the command of the President of the United States; and whereas, reasonable and well-founded apprehensions exis: that such ill-advised and unlawful pro ceedings may be again attempted there or elsewhere. Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, Presi dent of the United States, do hereby warn all persons against obstructing or hindering, in any way whatever, the faithful execution of the Constitution and the laws; and I do solemuly. enjoin and command all officers of the Government, civil and military, to render due submission and obeisance lo said laws yajad-to... the. .judgments ; and decrees of the ->la,s aid in their power necessary .to the prompt' enforcement and execution of such laws, de crees, judgments and processes; and I do hereby enjoin upon the officer* of the army and navy to assist and sustain tho courts and other civil authorities of the United States in a faithful administration of laws thereof, and in the judgments, decrees, mandates and pro cesses of thc courts of the United States ; and I call upon all good and well disposed citizens of the United States to remember that upon thc said Constitution and laws, and up >n the judgments, decrees and processes of thc courts made in accordance with the same, depends the protection of thc lives, liberty, prosperity and happiness of the people; and i exhort them everywhere to testify their de votion to their country, their pride in its prosperity and greatness, and their determi nation to uphold its institutions by a hearty, co-operation in the efforts of the Government to sustain the authority of the law, to main tain the supremacy of the Federal Constitu tion, and to preserve unimpaired thc integrity of the national Union. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to he affixed to these I res nts, and si. ned the ?ame with my hand. L)o;;e at the City of Washington the 3d of September, iu the year one thousand eight hundred a:id sixty-seven. ANDREW JOHNSON. By Hie President: [L. S.] WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Gen. Sickles and His Clerk. Wc recall a historical fact. On the 7th November, 1800, the District Court of the United States for South Carolina was in ses sion. The presiding judge, sworn to fealty I to the Federal Constitution,and to administer justice in a court created by Federal enact ment, and sustained by thc Federal Treasury, ross ?ti his place, and in the presence of a crowded au?'.e.nuc announced that, the election of a sectional President by a sectional major ity was a sufficient cause for thc freemen of South Carolina to assert the inalienable rights of self-government, and for the State to re sume her unquestionable sovereignty, and snap the bands which bound her to a hated Union. He, therefore, divested himself of his robes of office, threw aside tbs gown in which he was arrayed,-and declared the Fed eral Court for that district 6tood adjourned forever ! That, snecch inflamed an excited populace. It roused a frenzied people to madness, and lcd .to a violent, public meeting thal night, at which a transparency was ex hitiited which represented a Federal judge ic the act of lirins a gun which was to shiver tho Federal Union into fragments. This same judge made one of the mos; violent speeches delivered at that meetiug, and took the ?ead in the mad crowd that, hurrying to the Suite Capitol, threatened and coaxed the Legislature into authorizing thc election of delegates on the 0th of December to a con vention which was to meet on the 17th, and on the 13th he was made the Secretary of State of the sovereign State of South Caroli na ; so that foremost among the secessionists of South Carolina was Judge A. G. Magrath. To day, as we ?earn from an article in the New York Weekly, that ex-Judgo is the chief clerk of Major-General Sickles, autocrat of .the Carolinas. To day he has the oar of that Comm anding' General, and is found to boone of the readiest and most fulsomo of his de fenders. It is a spectacle sufficient to rouse the indignation of every honest Union man throughout tba country to find thar, this man who thus led in the mad movement against the Government of thc United States is not ' only more potent 1 ban he ever was when a ? Federal Judge, but is tho right-hand mao of | one who, in the name of thc United States, enacts codes, sets aside Legislatures, and tramples upon tho authority of the Federal courts. Ts it 'rom Judge Magrath that Major General Sickles has learned to despise che authority of a Federal Judge?-National In telligencer. SKN'SITITE, VERY.-Southern born men who have deserted their country in tne hour of her distress, and joined the Radicals of the North to overthrow the Federal Constitution and erect negro governments over the South ern Stales, complain and whine no little about the hard names that are applied to them. As well might a man who has stolen a horse complain of being called a thief. Show that the epithets are undeserved, and not whine about them, at the same time going on in your guilty course and glorying in your shame. J An Important Decision in Regard to Negro Delfts. ! During the late Session of the United States Disirict Court, at Greenville, S. C, Judge G. S. BRYAN presiding, the following impor ? tant decision was made in reference to Debts contracted for Negroes : Thomas R. Agnew, assignee, rs. Simpson Bobo. This was an action on a note given for the purchase-money of a negro slave sold by Mrs. Wofford to the defendant in 1S58, and warranted by her at that time to be sound, and a slave lor life. Note for $I000, inter est annually, due in 18G0, was,assigned to plaintiff. The defence relied upon was a failure of consideration in that thc negro, warranted to be a slave for life, is still alive, but bad been made free. Aud also upon payment-tho debt being sequestered by the Government of the Confederate States as the property of an alien enemy, was paid under compulsion of that government, while at war with the Uni ted States. Hon. B. F. Perry appeared for the plaintiff. The defenco was conducted by Messrs. J. P. Recd and Bobo. The case was referred to a jury, and ably and tully argued by the counsel on both sides. In his charge, the Judge said, substantial ly: The amount is small; tho principle, of overwhelming importance. I should gladly have escaped from the consideration of this case. The settlement of the question, how ever it be settled, will carry poverty home to some one. Great investments lie in bonds and notes given for tho purchase money of negroes. In these, worn jn and children have staked their all. The question is, who shall bear the loss ? Poverty and hardship must come. In my opinion the hardship must be borne by those who had the misfortune to be owners. It does not come within the pro vince of this court lo adjust and equalize the burdens of the war. That office, tardas com ponen, belongs to other than a judicial tri bunal. Abolition grew out of tho war-tho posi tion of the Southern States in the war they waged against the government. Negroes were employed in many of the essential elements of the war ; they created subsistence for the armies, erected fortifications, and, in fact, constituted tho. industrial basis of thc great conflict. The abolition of slavery thus be came a military necessity-emancipation an inevitable moral result of .the war. These States could not be recognized until tbey should recognize what the war had effected. It was competent for the United States to deal with slaves- just as with other person al property. The owner must suffer. Why suffered when mules or horses were taken? or cotton burnt or lifted, or ships captured at sea ? Who, bul the owner of such proper ty ? But thc laws of property, regulating thc relationship of debtor aud creditor, in the matter of thc mules, ships or cotton, were net abrogated. Debts cr balances due on the purchase of such mule-, ships.or cotton, were not cancelled. Thc debtors were not re leased. Their obligations remain in force at this day. Thc seller never made a guarantee agaiust thc action of war. Take the case of ; -ktndV. :?Aj???>u. foe. .simple. H?~ selb, and-.. , . conveys thc title he got. placing the pureba" ser in posrcssiou of ali. the incidents off own ership with which he himself had been invest ed. If thc State, in thc exercise of its right of eminent domain, should lake the fee for public uses, the seller makes no guarantee against thc State ; ho is not liable for sets of the State or against confiscation of the Uui ted States. In this ca?e, the ground of de fence, failare of consid?ration, docs not there fore appear to be made out; the warran.? was iu every view good at the time it was given ; its subsequent failure was due to caused for which the ?eller of the nagro was in nu wise responsible. The other ground of defence, payment by compulsion under the Sequestration law of the Confed?rate Government, is equally un tenable. That government never had ? legal ? existence, and payment of the debt under 3 rcgul.it'ons was therefore void. Under these instructions the jury retired, and soon returned with thcYolIowing verdict: "We find for the plaintiff sixteen hundred and fifty-one dollars am' five cents," the full amount, with interest. . ROPE Ties PRKFERARI.E TD IROX.-- Tho New York Eceniuy Post, of Thursday inst, contains the following, which will be of inter est to our readers: Many of the papers in thc Cotton Situes advise the planters and Cotton yards to uso^ an iron tie, iustead of the old fashioned rope ene. They claim that ?rca bands have many advantages, such as increased strength, power ol endurance, aad allowance for much great -er compression, speed and facility of adjust ment and neatness of appearance ; and tho result isthat these iron hoops have boen used to a considerable extent in some sections for binding the crop." But the acknowledged ad vantages of I he iron tie aro, it would appear, counterbalanced by certain disadvantages aud the rope bound Cotton is much preferred in thc Northern marketa So decided in fact, is thc preference for the old plan, tunt" the Cotton houses lido advise all their'planter friends to discard iron tics in future, both for their own interests and those of thc trade. Tne objection, they s"?y, against iron bands is, that in case the bale gets wet, the iron leaves a mark of rust on the Cotton, and the purchaser can demand the so stained Cotton to ba picked off, thus requiring new ropes or bands to make the Cotton in deliverable or der ; also, that while the old iron bands are almotL worthless to thc manufacturer, the rope is of some value. Therefore, while no tare is allowed on rope bound Cotton, it is now the custom to make a doduction of two pound? per bale for iron bound staple. Planters will do well to re member this - ? o ? BRUTAL MURDLU_Our community was much agitated last night, by a dispatch re-, ceived by the operator, about 8 o'clock, to tho effect that Mr. Jaob C. Cizatr, the eli: cient and popular conductor of thc S. W. R. R., had been killed by a negro, and the train was in consequence delayed. A large num ber of the friends and .cquaintances of J! r. Cozatt met tho train on it* arrival at : :' o'clock. The particulars of .the affair, as we learn, are as follows: Mr. Cozatt's attention had been directed to an advertisement of a stolen watch in the Columbus papers, and learning that a wat'.'h bad been traded by a negro passenger to a Jew, he examined it, and Anding that it cor? responded with tho description in tho adver tisement, arrested the negro. Having occa sion to leave tho train at Butler, he left hier in charge of Mr. ' Daniel. The negro the reached down in his boot as if searching fo a weapon, whereupon Mr. Daniel 'caught his arm, a struggle ensued during which he es caped from the car, drew his pistol and fired, the ball passing under the train. Several then attempted to arrest him, but breaking loose from them, be ran in the dircotion of a blacksmith shop near by, Mr. Cozatt nearest in pursuit, about 50 feet behind. On turn ing the corner of tho shop, the smoke of tho pistol was seen, and Mr. Cozatt turning round, ran toward tho train . tng, " I'm shot-^-ruP for the Doctor--don't let tue fall in the sand.: He survived only a few moments, being shot through the heart. The negro escaped. Macon Journal & Messenger, 3d. -- ? * ?????? 3 - *i ?S3" Registration in Alabama has been cen: pletod. Tho total number of voters is 160,955, of which 72,747 are whites.